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Three estate agents took on property being ‘sold’ by fraudsters after owner moved out (PIE)

Three sets of estate agents were instructed to market a property by people who did not own it. All three agents apparently took the property on to their books.

Rob Hailstone September 27, 2019

Agents hate Stamp Duty – but what happens in other countries? (EAT)

Stamp duty won’t take centre stage at the Conservative Party conference. But if the government next week unveils populist policies ahead of a General Election, expect reform of SDLT to

Rob Hailstone September 27, 2019

City council unanimously backs government plans to ditch Section 21 (PIE)

Norwich City Council is calling on the Government to abolish Section 21 – so-called ‘no fault evictions’.

Rob Hailstone September 26, 2019

Land Registry fails to hit target for reducing lawyers’ errors (LF)

HMLR has not met its target to reduce the number of requests for information that it has to send to law firms that have submitted incomplete or inaccurate information.

Rob Hailstone September 26, 2019

New Chief Executive appointed to HM Land Registry

Simon Hayes has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of HM Land Registry.

Rob Hailstone September 25, 2019

Dishonest Borrowers Increase Mortgage Fraud By 5% In 2019 (TC)

Mortgage fraud has increased by 5% in the opening half of 2019 when compared with the second half of 2018 because of dishonest borrowers lying on their mortgage applications.

Rob Hailstone September 25, 2019

Experts highlight problem areas in SRA’s new rules (LF)

Specialists have warned of problems for solicitors arising from the new Standards & Regulations being introduced by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in November.

Rob Hailstone September 24, 2019

Anxious Buyers And Sellers Delay Home Moves Until After Brexit (TC)

Reluctant buyers and sellers are getting ready to pounce on the property market following a definitive Brexit outcome according to a recent survey.

Rob Hailstone September 23, 2019

Leaseholders condemn solicitors’ services (LF)

A survey of home-buyers has issued a “resounding indictment” of the lack of information provided by their lawyers and rising concern about developers forcing them to use recommended solicitors.

Rob Hailstone September 23, 2019

Government warned that scrapping Section 21 could spark rise in homelessness (PIE)

The Government launched a consultation in July that set out plans to scrap Section 21 notices and improve Section 8 eviction grounds.

Rob Hailstone September 20, 2019

Boris Johnson acted ‘like a dishonest estate agent in breach of fiduciary care’, says Major (PIE)

The accusation was delivered yesterday in written submissions to the Supreme Court by former prime minister Sir John Major claiming that Johnson had not told the truth.

Rob Hailstone September 20, 2019

Countrywide’s new Property MOT resembles old Home Information Pack (EAT)

A property MOT being launched by Countrywide and described as “game changing” for the house buying process will include survey and mortgage information, it has been revealed.

Rob Hailstone September 19, 2019