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16,000 FTBs helped by Stamp Duty cut says Prime Minister (TC)

In the six weeks since it was announced, the first-time buyer Stamp Duty cut has already helped around 16,000 people access the housing ladder.

Rob Hailstone January 4, 2018

Would you raffle off your home?

Get it wrong and you could be fined or even go to jail.

Rob Hailstone January 3, 2018

Conveyancers fight back against ‘errors’ league table publication (EAT)

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers says it is worried that HM Land Registry’s decision to publish details of apparent errors in conveyancing firms’ paperwork could be misleading to the public.

Rob Hailstone January 3, 2018

QualitySolicitors cuts jobs as income falls and law firms quit (LSG)

The struggles of marketing outfit QualitySolicitors are brought into sharp focus by new accounts that reveal a sharp fall in income and job cuts which leave the business with fewer

Rob Hailstone January 2, 2018

Land Registry to publish error rates of top conveyancers (LSG)

Top 500 conveyancers could be ranked according to their track record of completing TP1s and other Land Registry forms correctly under new proposals to open up data on land and

Rob Hailstone December 30, 2017

Buyer says he’ll sue agent over non-disclosure about neighbours (EAT)

A buyer is suing an estate agent who allegedly failed to tell him that a traveller family was living on a plot next door.

Rob Hailstone December 28, 2017

Do you know your Knotweed from your not weed? (TC)

Plant Experts Combat Knotweed Misidentification In Bid To Save Millions In Property Sales.

Rob Hailstone December 27, 2017

Group slams ‘incredibly weak’ government leasehold reforms (EAT)

A specialist leasehold enfranchisement firm has branded government leasehold reforms as “incredibly weak”.

Rob Hailstone December 22, 2017

LegalZoom accused of using ABS to “unlawfully practise law” in the US (LF)

Alternative business structure LegalZoom Legal Services is being sued in the United States as part of a claim that its American parent company is engaged in the unauthorised practice of

Rob Hailstone December 22, 2017

MPs are warned over shared computer logins

The data protection watchdog has said MPs who share login and password details on government computers could be breaking the law and it is investigating MPs’ sharing of computers with

Rob Hailstone December 22, 2017

New-build leaseholds to be outlawed (LSG)

Legislation to ban leaseholds on almost all new-build houses is among the measures promised by communities secretary Sajid Javid to cut out unfair and abusive practices within the leasehold system.

Rob Hailstone December 22, 2017

Government to ban leaseholds on new-build houses (PIE)

Sales of new-build houses as leasehold will be banned in England.

Rob Hailstone December 21, 2017