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Reservation Agreements: more details emerge of New Year trial (EAT)

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given more details of the trial of reservation agreements likely to take place in the first quarter of 2020.

Rob Hailstone October 21, 2019

Huge shake-up of sellers’ information being considered (EAT)

First details have emerged of the information vendors may have to provide up-front In future transactions if government house buying reforms are implemented – and they are nothing less than

Rob Hailstone October 21, 2019

Technology Drives Modern Buyer Property Preferences (TC)

Technology is driving change in consumer behaviour when buying property with internet quality superseding structural considerations like the quality of insulation and the condition of floors and walls.

Rob Hailstone October 18, 2019

Over a year – that’s the average time to sell in parts of the UK (EAT)

Data from an agency comparison website reveals that in the current market it takes well over a year for a home to sell in several parts of the UK.

Rob Hailstone October 17, 2019

Named and shamed: local councils with the slowest searches (EAT)

A trade body has sharply criticised HM Land Registry for its slow progress on digitising local searches after a promising start 18 months ago.

Rob Hailstone October 17, 2019

Call to scrap stamp duty for so-called ‘last time buyers’ (EAT)

An equity release specialist says the scrapping of stamp duty for so-called last time buyers would lead to more downsizing, freeing up larger properties and allowing more flexibility in the

Rob Hailstone October 16, 2019

CoPSO Frustrated By HM Land Registry Project (TC)

The Council of Property Search Organisations feel frustrated by the speed and reduced uptake in the adoption of HM Land Registry’s digital Local Land Charges centralization project.

Rob Hailstone October 16, 2019