Homes “stuck in the legal log-jam” reach five year high says Rightmove (EAT)
Rightmove says the number of homes stuck in what it calls “the legal log jam” is at its highest for over five years.
Conveyancing ‘log-jam’ as properties taking longer to get under offer to exchange (PIE)
Properties are taking longer to get from sales agreed to exchange, Rightmove said this morning.
Chancellor denies Times story as he rules out changing Stamp Duty to make sellers liable (PIE)
Chancellor, Sajid Javid, has dismissed a front page story run by The Times that he is considering a change to Stamp Duty by switching the payment from buyers to sellers.