Property buyers ‘happy to pay’ for upfront sales information
Property buyers are happy and ready to pay for more upfront material information when it comes to purchasing a property.
Ward Hadaway blackmailed after cyber attack (LSG)
Top-100 firm Ward Hadaway was blackmailed for up to $6m (£4.75m) in bitcoin after confidential documents were obtained in a cyber attack, the High Court heard.
Chain-free buyer numbers hit record high: Hamptons (MS)
Hamptons reports that so far this year, 73% of property buyers have been chain-free, which is a new record.
Warning: A website claiming to be for ‘Marcos and Marcos Law Firm’ is misusing details of a genuine firm
A website claiming to be for ‘Marcos and Marcos Law Firm’ is misusing details and photographs from the website of Dechert LLP.
Conveyancing – If this is the new normal, heaven help us (PIE)
Our average transaction times jumped from 12 weeks in September 2021 to 17 weeks in March this year. What’s happening and what, if anything, can we do about it?
Overcoming obstacles to delivering green homes (PW)
The development of more green homes is vital to the Government’s net zero carbon ambitions. However, a number of barriers are preventing the UK from realising the full potential of […]
Statements of truth (PG73)
Information about the use of statements of truth in support of applications to HM Land Registry (practice guide 73).
Ground rent ban to come into force on 30th June (TC)
Future homebuyers will see their prospective property bills reduce on 30th June when the government’s ban on charging ground rent on new leases in England and Wales comes into force.
Conveyancing firms “must apply” for PII two months before deadline (LF)
Firms of licensed conveyancers will have to apply for professional indemnity insurance two months ahead of the renewal deadline and in return will receive a response within four weeks, under […]
Warning: Emails misusing the details of Thompson Smith and Puxon
A member of the public has been contacted by someone falsely claiming to be ‘Mark Rowlands’ of ‘Thompson Smith and Puxon’.
Warning: Emails and telephone calls misusing the name of Rosie Bracher of Rosie Bracher Solicitors LLP
Emails and telephone calls have been sent and made to a member of the public claiming to be from Rosie Bracher of Rosie Bracher Solicitors LLP.
Would a four-day working week ever work in agency? (EAT)
In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more than 3,000 workers at 60 companies taking part in the trial, […]