Labour committed to regulating estate agents

At the Labour Party Conference, shadow housing minister, Matthew Pennycook, said that a future Labour government would look to introduce the recommendations in Lord Best’s report into regulating property agents.

Labour to finally ban Section 21 evictions

The Labour Party would ban Section 21 evictions after the Conservative Party has dragged its feet on the issue throughout this parliament, deputy leader Angela Rayner has vowed.

Grant of probate delays soar to 19 weeks

In a recent survey undertaken by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) 70% of probate practitioners reported waiting in excess of 10 weeks for probate to be granted, with 57% of those saying it was taking longer than 19 weeks.