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Bamboo grown by neighbour causes £100k of damage as it spread under property (PIE)

One family discovered just how damaging bamboo could be when shoots started bursting from the walls of their house.

Rob Hailstone February 1, 2022

New landlord register and home improvement rules to be unveiled (PIE)

Private landlords will be legally required to bring their properties up to a set of national standards for the first time under new plans set to be announced by the

Rob Hailstone February 1, 2022

Warning: Email misusing the name of the Solicitors Regulation Authority

An email has been sent misusing the name of the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Rob Hailstone February 1, 2022

Trading Standards want public to quiz agents on referral fees (EAT)

The most senior Trading Standards officer policing the agency industry says he hopes the public will ask about referral fees in a bid to discover the scale of problems surrounding

Rob Hailstone January 31, 2022

Large-scale applications and calculation of fees (PG33)

How to prepare an application for a large number of properties and calculating the fees involved (practice guide 33).

Rob Hailstone January 31, 2022

Index map: official search (PG10)

Details of the information held on the index map and how to apply for an official search (practice guide 10).

Rob Hailstone January 31, 2022

Acquisition of land by general vesting declaration (PG54)

Advice about applications based on acquisition of land (practice guide 54).

Rob Hailstone January 31, 2022

Warning: Website and emails claiming to be from ‘Colvins Solicitors’

The website ‘www.colvins.uk’ is operating claiming to be for ‘Colvins Solicitors’.

Rob Hailstone January 29, 2022

Warning: Emails misusing the name of Steven Kempster

Emails have been sent misusing the name of Steven Kempster in respect of supposedly unclaimed inheritances.

Rob Hailstone January 29, 2022

New guidance abolishes Japanese knotweed ‘seven-metre rule’ (PIE)

RICS has published a new Guidance Note for surveyors that has abolished the ‘seven-metre rule’ valuers use when determining whether Japanese knotweed poses a threat to a property.

Rob Hailstone January 28, 2022

‘Get on with leasehold reforms’, says frustrated property industry in open letter to Gove (TN)

Unusually strong coalition of companies and trade bodies issues open letter to Secretary of State to urge him to progress promised reforms and legislation.

Rob Hailstone January 28, 2022

Leading firms call for stamp duty to be linked to EPC performance (TN)

The EEIG says homeowners and landlords should be urged to upgrade properties by charging less and less stamp duty the better its EPC.

Rob Hailstone January 28, 2022