Property Market Shaken By £12.4m GDPR Fine (TC)
A warning shot has been fired towards property professionals as the largest GDPR fine has been issued to a company in the sector.
Try Before You Buy! Online agency wants purchasers to live at properties (EAT)
An online agency which is free to list for vendors says it wants prospective buyers to stay in the property they are interested in before making an offer.
Why do estate agents have so much trouble speaking to lawyers? (PIE)
This article is a personal opinion from the coalface on why we think agents find it difficult to get to speak to lawyers.
Property Fraud And Fake ID Is Swamping The Conveyancing Sector (TC)
The intensification of property fraud and fake ID documents means that conveyancers are much more accountable when it comes to ensuring their clients are who they say they are.
‘You weren’t mis-sold your leasehold house and I am keeping my £45m bonus’, Persimmon CEO
Persimmon fatcat says he isn’t going to hand over freeholds at Bluebell Meadow.
Interview With Gazeal’s Managing Director, Duncan Samuel (TC)
Managing director and founder of Gazeal, Duncan Samuel, talks to Today’s Conveyancer about whether locking buyers and sellers in a legal binding agreement will help the homebuying sector.
Expert Offers Insight Into New Freehold Scandal (TC)
The total number of properties subject to a rentcharge, according to freedom of information request data obtained from HM Land Registry currently stands at 1,056,592.
Key questions remain as new AML regime looms (LSG)
With new directives coming into force and little guidance for firms on compliance, even anti-money laundering experts are struggling to stay on top, as a Law Society conference heard last […]
On its way – game changer for industry ‘will speed up home buying and selling’, claim (PIE)
A consortium has been formed that aims to speed up the home buying and selling process and improve transparency via mobile banking.
Blockchain Used To Create End To End Home Buying Journey (TC)
One of the UK’s leading banks and lenders, Natwest, has teamed up with a network of experts in the property sector to further develop blockchain and distributed ledger technology to […]
Housing lawyers fear exclusion from dispute resolution process (LSG)
Housing lawyers have called an emergency meeting to discuss an influential human rights group’s work on resolving disputes amid growing concerns that the proposals could leave them out in the […]
Solicitors face ‘incredibly short’ deadline on new AML rules (LSG)
Solicitors will have an ‘incredibly short’ time to get to grips with new rules on money laundering before regulations implementing the latest anti-money laundering regime come into force.