Conveyancing clients “starting to shop around more” (LF)
There is evidence that the transparency requirements placed on conveyancers is encouraging consumers to shop around without any sign of a ‘race to the bottom’ on prices, the Council for […]
Lack of referral fee transparency could result in the demise of agents and conveyancers (PIE)
Current indications are that not all estate agents are making their referral fee arrangements more transparent.
Tories set to allow more homes through relaxed planning laws (EAT)
Briefings from the Conservative Party to The Sun newspaper suggest that the party will this week announce further relaxation in planning regulations aimed at the creation of more homes.
House buying reform is centre stage at special ESTAS conference ((EAT)
The reform of the buying process is to take centre stage at a special conference called Bold Legal LIVE! taking place next month.
UK Land Registry Suffocating From Property Fraud Claims (TC)
Property fraud has become a major problem across the country as research has revealed the UK Land Registry has received twice as many property fraud claims that they are able […]
Freehold and Leasehold Premium Gap Reaches Eight Year High (TC)
The gap between the price paid for freehold and leasehold property has reached the widest margin since the property market recovery in 2011.
Three estate agents took on property being ‘sold’ by fraudsters after owner moved out (PIE)
Three sets of estate agents were instructed to market a property by people who did not own it. All three agents apparently took the property on to their books.
Agents hate Stamp Duty – but what happens in other countries? (EAT)
Stamp duty won’t take centre stage at the Conservative Party conference. But if the government next week unveils populist policies ahead of a General Election, expect reform of SDLT to […]
City council unanimously backs government plans to ditch Section 21 (PIE)
Norwich City Council is calling on the Government to abolish Section 21 – so-called ‘no fault evictions’.
Land Registry fails to hit target for reducing lawyers’ errors (LF)
HMLR has not met its target to reduce the number of requests for information that it has to send to law firms that have submitted incomplete or inaccurate information.
New Chief Executive appointed to HM Land Registry
Simon Hayes has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of HM Land Registry.
Dishonest Borrowers Increase Mortgage Fraud By 5% In 2019 (TC)
Mortgage fraud has increased by 5% in the opening half of 2019 when compared with the second half of 2018 because of dishonest borrowers lying on their mortgage applications.