Industry bust-up over Land Registry role (EAT)
The Land Registry says it is to become the sole registering authority for Local Land Charges in England and Wales – but this has triggered an aggressive response from the […]
Law Society back in the black as chief executive’s pay soars by nearly 20% (LF)
Retiring Law Society chief executive Des Hudson saw his pay soar nearly 20% last year, it has emerged – but the society did turn a significant deficit into a surplus […]
For Sale By Tender fees “may be taxed” (EAT)
Buyers who pay so-called finders’ fees to estate agents using the controversial For Sale By Tender sales tactic may end up paying tax on their outlaw, according to a senior […]
Google: 2m legal searches made every day in UK (LF)
Two million online searches on legal subjects are made every day in the UK, according to a senior Google executive, who went on to advise lawyers that their future clients […]
Registry presses on with land charges takeover (LSG)
Land Registry of England and Wales is to press ahead with controversial plans to take over the management of the local land charges register – despite overwhelming opposition in a […]
For Sale by Tender wins reprieve from MPs (PIE)
Agents that charge both buyers and sellers can carry on doing so, after an amendment in the Commons was defeated yesterday evening.
Retail guru fashions ABS move into the law (LSG)
An ambitious legal firm that negotiates large-scale outsourcing contracts has snapped up a top retail guru to help expand the business.
Temporary consumer credit regime to be extended to 2015 (LF)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Financial Conduct Authority have agreed that transitional arrangements for firms wanting to carry out consumer credit activities will be extended by a further six […]
Agents’ basic salaries and OTE show big rises (EAT)
Research presented exclusively in Estate Agent Today shows that over the past six years basic salaries for most agents have risen by 10 to 25 per cent, with OTE payments […]
Osborne and Carney get tough on house prices (EAT)
Chancellor George Osborne is giving the Bank of England the power to control the size of mortgages and Bank governor Mark Carney has hinted that an interest rate rise could […]
Lending curbs ‘could kill off first-time buyers’ (PIE)
Chancellor George Osborne last night handed the Bank of England new powers to curb mortgage lending. Specifically, it will be able to cap the size of mortgage loans in relation […]
Don’t be caught out by new cooling-off regime (PIE)
With the cooling-off rules changing, there continues to be concern that many agents will be caught unawares by the full implications of the new regime.