Conveyancers call for digital efforts to improve home buying process (LSG)
The government should set up a website that helps home buyers and sellers understand what to look for in a conveyancing firm, a trade body has suggested.
Stamp Duty replacement – new rates revealed by Welsh Government (EAT)
The Welsh Government has revealed the bands and rates for its new Land Transaction Tax, which replaces stamp duty in the principality from next April.
Conveyancers want estate agents licensed and sellers to compile log books (EAT)
A conveyancers’ trade body has told the government that it wants the house buying process to be modernised by having estate agents licensed and ensuring sellers provide search, title and […]
Conveyancers call on Government to license estate agents and make offers legally binding (PIE)
Some conveyancers are calling for the licensing of estate agents, together with a requirement to pass a fit and proper test before they can trade.
‘First bitcoin homes sold in the UK’ as crypto investors cash in (PIE)
Two homes have been sold using bitcoin currency by a small property firm.
HM Land Registry’s new Business Strategy sets its direction for the next five years (TC)
HM Land Registry was set up in 1862 to make conveyancing simpler, faster and cheaper, by moving from an unregistered system of ownership to full registration of land. Our mission […]