HIP, HIP, Hooray – The Other 10-Year Anniversary (EAT)
You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August marks a decade since the start of the credit […]
Extra Stamp Duty ‘has not deterred landlords so far’ as HMRC receipts rise again (PIE)
Landlords may be complaining about the extra Stamp Duty charges but that doesn’t seem to be stopping people buying additional properties.
SRA to publish research on conveyancing complaints (TC)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is set to publish research into conveyancing by the end of this year.
Solicitor rebuked for taking instructions from client’s daughter (LF)
A conveyancing solicitor has been rebuked and fined £2,000 after he dealt entirely with the daughter of the owner of a property in whose sale he acted, only for it […]
Buyers have themselves to blame, not solicitors, over leaseholds, say conveyancers (LF)
Conveyancers have hit back at suggestions they should have prevented the scandal of new homes being sold as leasehold properties with rapidly escalating ground rents, which the government announced plans […]