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CML says lenders ‘reviewing loans to reflect concerns about onerous ground rents’

The greed of housebuilders has created a housing crisis as homeowners with onerous properties now cannot sell.

Rob Hailstone April 26, 2017

Blockchain technology will be “game changer” in conveyancing (LF)

Blockchain-backed ‘smart contracts’ will be a “game changer” in property transactions, increasing certainty for buyers and sellers as well as speeding up the house-buying process, it has been claimed.

Rob Hailstone April 26, 2017

SRA announces new solicitors assessment to guarantee high standards

The SRA will be introducing an independent assessment, the Solicitors Qualifying Examination, to make sure all solicitors meet consistent, high standards at the point of entry to the profession.

Rob Hailstone April 26, 2017

QualitySolicitors secures trial to supply legal services to Nisa stores (LSG)

Law firm network QualitySolicitors has clinched a deal to provide legal services to ubiquitous High Street brand Nisa, it announced.

Rob Hailstone April 26, 2017

ABS preparing to launch group negligence action against conveyancers (LF)

An alternative business structure is preparing to launch a group negligence action against conveyancers working for the developers and purchasers of ‘help to buy’ leasehold housing.

Rob Hailstone April 25, 2017

VAT and property search fees: Tribunal to hear appeal (LSG)

The Law Society has sought permission to intervene in an appeal to the First-tier Tax Tribunal by a firm facing challenge by HMRC for its treatment of VAT on property search

Rob Hailstone April 25, 2017

Barrister raises questions about duties owed by online agents to sellers (PIE)

A leading barrister has raised several questions about the duties owed by online estate agents to their customers.

Rob Hailstone April 24, 2017

Annual property sales crash 40% after Government’s Stamp Duty hike (PIE)

The number of UK residential property transactions dropped by 40% annually in March 2017, skewed by last year’s Stamp Duty rush.

Rob Hailstone April 24, 2017

Industry great kick starts fundraising challenges for 2017 (TC)

Peter Sowerby, Client Relationship Manager at Search Acumen, ran the London Marathon yesterday to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK and awareness of the disease, which he has been fighting

Rob Hailstone April 24, 2017

‘Gold plated’ money laundering plans threaten new burden on firms (LSG)

‘Gold plated’ regulations transposing the EU’s fourth money laundering directive into UK law threaten to impose unnecessary burdens on law firms, the Law Society has told the government.

Rob Hailstone April 21, 2017

LeO keen on bringing unregulated providers within its remit (LF)

The Legal Ombudsman (has pledged to avoid pursuing an “expansionist” strategy when considering extending its jurisdiction, but nevertheless welcomed the Competition and Markets Authority’s (suggestion that it could handle complaints

Rob Hailstone April 21, 2017

Election could kill probate fee ‘tax’ (LSG)

Controversial probate fee rises could be another casualty of the snap general election in June, it has emerged.

Rob Hailstone April 21, 2017