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Expert Offers Insight Into New Freehold Scandal (TC)

The total number of properties subject to a rentcharge, according to freedom of information request data obtained from HM Land Registry currently stands at 1,056,592.

Rob Hailstone December 2, 2019

Key questions remain as new AML regime looms (LSG)

With new directives coming into force and little guidance for firms on compliance, even anti-money laundering experts are struggling to stay on top, as a Law Society conference heard last

Rob Hailstone December 2, 2019

On its way – game changer for industry ‘will speed up home buying and selling’, claim (PIE)

A consortium has been formed that aims to speed up the home buying and selling process and improve transparency via mobile banking.

Rob Hailstone November 29, 2019

Blockchain Used To Create End To End Home Buying Journey (TC)

One of the UK’s leading banks and lenders, Natwest, has teamed up with a network of experts in the property sector to further develop blockchain and distributed ledger technology to

Rob Hailstone November 29, 2019

Housing lawyers fear exclusion from dispute resolution process (LSG)

Housing lawyers have called an emergency meeting to discuss an influential human rights group’s work on resolving disputes amid growing concerns that the proposals could leave them out in the

Rob Hailstone November 28, 2019

Solicitors face ‘incredibly short’ deadline on new AML rules (LSG)

Solicitors will have an ‘incredibly short’ time to get to grips with new rules on money laundering before regulations implementing the latest anti-money laundering regime come into force.

Rob Hailstone November 28, 2019

More than six in ten buyers find their home on a portal – but few use online conveyancers (PIE)

Fewer than 20% of home buyers use an online conveyancer, although the majority use the internet to find their property.

Rob Hailstone November 27, 2019

Fraudbuster warns solicitors of dirty Chinese money (LSG)

Solicitors acting for Chinese individuals in asset purchases should be aware that their clients are almost certainly breaching domestic law – probably by laundering the proceeds of crime in the

Rob Hailstone November 27, 2019

Stamp duty surcharge could have benefits for UK buyers – claim (EAT)

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on non-resident foreign buyers of British properties could have a

Rob Hailstone November 26, 2019

Landlords hit out at Tory and Labour manifestos, saying both threaten private rented sector (PIE)

The National Landlords Association has hit out at both the Labour and Conservative manifestos.

Rob Hailstone November 26, 2019

‘Get leasehold done’? Boris Johnson’s Conservatives repeat 2017 pledges in manifesto

The Conservative party will implement plans to ban the selling of houses as leasehold tenancies and slash new ground rents to zero, it was confirmed today.

Rob Hailstone November 25, 2019

Seller Questionnaire Dispute Results In Court Battle (TC)

The property transaction involving a £1.08 million barn conversion in Oxfordshire fell through in 2017 and is currently making its way through court after the potential buyers, have sued the

Rob Hailstone November 25, 2019