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Advisory panel to prepare housing market for commonhold (LSG)

The government has paved the way for making commonhold an attractive alternative form of property ownership by setting up an advisory panel of experts to help get the housing market

Rob Hailstone May 17, 2021

Warning: The law firm ‘Grant LLP’

‘Grant LLP’ claims to be a law firm.

Rob Hailstone May 14, 2021

New industry council launched to kick-start commonhold revolution (TN)

Experts, campaigners and trade associations are being brought together to advise and promote commonhold, Housing Secretary has revealed.

Rob Hailstone May 14, 2021

Eviction Notice Periods to be Set at Four Months from 1 June (PW)

Eviction notice periods are to be set at four months from 1 June, but are slated to return to pre-pandemic levels in October, according to the government.

Rob Hailstone May 14, 2021

Stamp Duty transactions at risk because of slow searches (EAT)

Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline.

Rob Hailstone May 13, 2021

A dating app for conveyancers and agents? (PIE)

Agents and conveyancers should meet, face to face, in order to get on better.

Rob Hailstone May 12, 2021

RICS calls for estate agents to adopt UPRNs as take-up remains ‘patchy’ (TN)

Disliked by some as ‘snooping’ but heralded as a silver bullet for many of the industry’s data and compliance challenges, UPRNs will become widespread soon.

Rob Hailstone May 12, 2021

‘What the Queen’s Speech really means for estate agents’ (TN)

Let’s take a look at what was said about housing, and what it could signal for the sector in the year ahead.

Rob Hailstone May 12, 2021

Planning bill outlines overhaul of housebuilding rules (MS)

The government’s long-awaited planning bill announced in the Queen’s Speech looks set to be the biggest overhaul to building rules in a generation as it bids to ease controls in

Rob Hailstone May 12, 2021

Row explodes over house raffle which failed to sell enough tickets (EAT)

A row has blown up over a house raffle where the property prize was withdrawn and a cash alternative offered because too few tickets had been sold.

Rob Hailstone May 11, 2021

Stamp duty savings offset by 7% house price rise: Search Acumen (MS)

Savings garnered by the stamp duty holiday fall far short of the average price increase the intervention has helped inspire, says Search Acumen.

Rob Hailstone May 11, 2021

Warning: Verification stamps misusing the name of MMR Legal Limited

Verification stamps have been used, falsely claiming to be from MMR Legal Limited in respect of a property purchase.

Rob Hailstone May 11, 2021