Official search with priority: whole title (OS1)
Form OS1: official search with priority by a purchaser against the whole of a registered title or pending first registration application.
Agents warned to avoid ‘conditional selling’ following claims against Connells (PIE)
Connells has been accused of taking part in ‘conditional selling’, when buyers are told their offers will only be forwarded to a vendor if they use one of the estate […]
Law to reveal foreign owners may apply 20 years retrospectively (EAT)
It is claimed by Propertymark that the government’s Economic Crime Bill – to be debated in the House of Commons today – may apply retrospectively in order to identify Russians […]
HMRC Stamp Duty Crackdown ‘may make home buying even slower’ (EAT)
HM Revenue & Customs has been warned by financial experts that its latest crackdown on stamp duty abuse could make the house buying process even more expensive.
Controversial conveyancer hits back at ‘forgotten stamp duty’ claim (EAT)
The controversial conveyancing firm at the centre of an apparent cyber attack has hit back at newspaper claims that it did not inform some house buyers about stamp duty payments.
Leading conveyancing firm signs deal with new home-moving service (TN)
The deal will help Stipendium become a fully-fledged provider of services to home movers from EPCs to mortgage and now, conveyancing.
New law will leave Russian property owners with “nowhere to hide” (TC)
Foreign owners of UK property will be forced to declare their identities rather than hiding the true ownership of the property behind the façade of a shell company, Prime Minister […]