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VAT on electronic property searches: Interim guidance to firms

Law Society’s position.

Rob Hailstone May 30, 2018

Bank of Mum and Dad remains open and contributes towards 25% of purchases (EAT)

The Bank of Mum and Dad will provide funding towards around a quarter of property purchases this year, according to research.

Rob Hailstone May 30, 2018

No more keeping the removal van waiting! UK’s first digital mortgage transfer completes (PIE)

Payments provider Shieldpay has helped create the first fully digitised facility for funds to be transferred between a buyer and seller during the exchange and completion process.

Rob Hailstone May 30, 2018

A comprehensive register could speed up conveyancing (LSG)

HM Land Registry has set out its aim to have all land in England and Wales which is publicly owned land available for housing to be registered by 2030.

Rob Hailstone May 30, 2018

Buyers are overpaying the stamp duty surcharge, says national agency (EAT)

National estate agency Jackson-Stops claims that the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional homes is still confusing buyers, despite being in operation for over two years.

Rob Hailstone May 29, 2018

Buyers settling for homes they like less as a third suffer fall-throughs on their dream purchase (PIE)

A third of buyers have seen property purchases fall through, with most blaming their mortgage lender for the collapse, research claims.

Rob Hailstone May 25, 2018

Transactions plummet right across the UK, says latest Land Registry data (PIE)

Sales fell steeply at the start of this year as transactions slumped across the UK in January, Land Registry data shows. The data builds on separate new HMRC figures, reported

Rob Hailstone May 24, 2018

Challenges ahead for Conveyancers in 2018 (TC)

With the dust having barely settled on the recent Mishcon de Reya Appeal judgment, Today’s Conveyancer was eager to attend the Society for Licensed Conveyancers & Bold Legal Group Roadshow,

Rob Hailstone May 24, 2018

What will the digital mortgage mean for property transactions? (LF)

Over the past 20 years, nearly all aspects of our financial lives have migrated online, from tax returns to banking. Yet arguably the most important and protracted financial process in

Rob Hailstone May 24, 2018

Fixed fees hitting law firms firms in the pocket already, survey finds (LSG)

Cash-strapped firms must adjust to the ‘new normal’ of fixed fees and low margins for work, new research has concluded.

Rob Hailstone May 23, 2018

Conveyancers counter claim of a stagnant housing market (EAT)

Despite numerous reports of a ‘stagnant market’ and predictions of a ‘housing bust’, conveyancers have ‘bounced back after a disappointing end to 2017’.

Rob Hailstone May 22, 2018

The technologies shaking up the property sector (TC)

A Competition and Markets Authority study concluded that people need better information about legal services to help them shop around more effectively.

Rob Hailstone May 22, 2018