First time buyers will benefit from stamp duty cuts even if house prices rise, says IFS
First time buyers will benefit from the Government’s decision to abolish stamp duty even if house prices rise, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
The legal sector must adapt to survive
Profits have decreased at half of UK law firms and the collective debt held by the top 100 firms has reached £4.3 billion – a 14% increase from last year.
Stamp duty changes for first-time buyers: what you need to know
As part of a raft of measures to boost home-building the Chancellor has announced – as hinted – a cut in stamp duty for those buying a home for the first time.
ASA puts onus on law firms to stop using Law Society’s “misleading” CQS claim (LF)
All of the 3,000 law firms accredited under the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme need to ensure they are not using in their own marketing the society’s description of the […]
Budget 2017 cuts stamp duty for first time buyers
Chancellor Philip Hammond has abolished stamp duty for most first-time buyers in his Budget.
Advertising watchdog rules Law Society advert “exaggerated” quality of CQS firms (LF)
Law Society advertising of its Conveyancing Quality Scheme “misleadingly exaggerated the membership requirements” to make it sound like the accreditation process is more rigorous than is actually the case, the […]
PropTech experts to debate how moving and buying could be improved (EAT)
A round table will take place tomorrow between some of the country’s leading PropTech experts and the British Property Foundation to explain how technology could be used to improve the […]
Jail for men who tried to defraud and blackmail solicitors (LF)
Two men who were part of an organised fraud network that conned solicitors and others out of over £300,000, as well as a man who tried to blackmail a law […]
Conveyancing market ‘bounces back’ – but more help needed in Budget (LSG)
Latest Land Registry data suggests the conveyancing market is bouncing back, with middle-ranking firms emerging as the biggest winners according to new figures published today.
Exchanges are down 10% year on year, warns estate agent (PIE)
Using its own data, estate agency chain haart is forecasting that there will have been 44,118 sales in England and Wales measured at exchange in October.
Couple lose almost £60k to fraudsters (TC)
A couple in the midst of a property transaction found they’d have fallen victim to a property scam after sending almost £60,000 to an account they thought belonged to their […]
Budget preview: Stamp duty in chancellor’s sights? (LSG)
A temporary cut in stamp duty land tax for first-time buyers is among the measures that could be announced in this week’s budget statement in an attempt to tackle declining […]