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Quiz A Minister: send your questions on replacing leasehold with commonhold (EAT)

Put your questions on leasehold and commonhold directly to Heather Wheeler – MP for South Derbyshire, de facto Housing Minister.

Rob Hailstone May 2, 2019

Updated guidance on AML spells out agents’ responsibilities (PIE)

Updated guidance on anti-money laundering has been issued by HMRC to estate agents.

Rob Hailstone May 2, 2019

Clients prefer online contact to speaking with lawyers, research finds (LSG)

Law firm clients are more at ease sticking to emails and online chat when communicating with their lawyers, a new survey has found.

Rob Hailstone May 1, 2019

Agents and conveyancers unite over ‘devastating’ effects of search delays (PIE)

Estate agents and conveyancers are to get together this week to voice their concerns about the turnaround time for local authority searches in one city.

Rob Hailstone April 30, 2019

Radical change to leasehold and Right To Manage urged by Law Commission (PIE)

Consultation closes today on a Law Commission proposal to radically reshape leasehold and the Right To Manage.

Rob Hailstone April 30, 2019

Consumers like law firms that publish prices, survey finds (LF)

A large majority (77%) of consumers are more likely to use law firms that publish their fees online, a major report has found.

Rob Hailstone April 30, 2019

Buyers ‘should retain funds if homes are dirty on completion’ lawyer says (EAT)

Should ‘clean and tidy’ clauses be inserted into house purchase deals, allowing buyers to retain a sum if the property is left in an untidy state by the vendor?

Rob Hailstone April 29, 2019

What’s the point of the Law Society? (LF)

The Law Society has lost its core purpose. Why does it still exist?

Rob Hailstone April 29, 2019

Open banking data tapped to speed up laundering checks (LSG)

Conveyancing firms are testing a mobile app that uses data made available by new open banking regulations to comply with ‘source of funds’ checks.

Rob Hailstone April 29, 2019

New facility to train agents in system that legally binds buyers and sellers (PIE)

Industry coach and mentor Bryan Mansell is to set up an in-house training academy for Gazeal, which offers a system that legally binds buyers and sellers to a sale.

Rob Hailstone April 26, 2019

Conveyancers warned of scam email (LSG)

Practitioners have been warned not to respond to an email purporting to come from a property developer looking to change its conveyancing firm.

Rob Hailstone April 24, 2019

Poor Password Protection Leaves Conveyancing Sector Vulnerable To Data Breaches (TC)

Millions of people across the globe continue to use hack-able passwords, underestimating the importance of creating a unique password to protect themselves, their business and clients from cyber criminality.

Rob Hailstone April 24, 2019