HomeOwners Alliance blasted for ‘leasehold scaremongering’ (PIE)
The Conveyancing Association has criticised a report from the campaign group on leasehold, released earlier this week, that claimed leaseholders were “little more than tenants in the eyes of the […]
Foreign property owners will have year to declare details (LSG)
The government may create a criminal offence of failing to keep information on a register of overseas property owners up to date.
Temporary worker jailed for £700,000 fraud on firms (LSG)
A woman who abused her position at law firms to obtain more than £700,000 through property fraud has been jailed for three and a half years.
Stamp Duty Land Tax changes: One year on (TC)
There has been a dramatic fall in the number of properties being purchased by investors.
More than one in three house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion (EAT)
More than one in three house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2017, according to a ‘quick buying’ company.
High street estate agents: You’re out of touch, out of date and you put people out of pocket (PIE)
Traditional estate agents have been accused of being stuck in the past.
Funerals merged with newly profitable ABS pioneer Co-op Legal (LSG)
The Co-operative Group announced that its legal services business is to be integrated with funerals in a new Life Planning Division.