Developer agrees to buy back freeholds as storm over leasehold scandal gathers (PIE)
Property developer Countryside Properties has agreed to buy back some of the freeholds it sold to investor E&J Estates.
HIPs lite: Countrywide well placed to introduce Scottish Home Reports south of the border (PIE)
Countrywide would be well placed to trial English-style Home Reports, the managing director of one of the estate agency’s Scottish surveyor brands has claimed.
Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme will continue to 2021 (IC)
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) issued a statement amid reports that the scheme was set to be scrapped soon. Since its launch in 2013 it has helped […]
Digital signatures could speed up mortgage process (TC)
HM Land Registry have claimed that the days of mortgage deeds being confined to paper may be drawing to a close.
Money laundering fraudster fooled victims over ‘dream properties’ (TC)
A fraudster who fooled victims by convincing them that they were purchasing dream homes has been sentenced to six years in prison.
Conveyancing director leaves roll over supervision failure (LSG)
A former law firm director has undertaken to remove himself from the roll after failing to supervise a fee-earner who was found to have backdated file notes.