60,000 first time buyers have benefitted from stamp duty change – Hammond (EAT)
Chancellor Phillip Hammond claims over 60,000 first time buyers have already benefitted from the stamp duty relief he announced at his November Budget.
Surcharge for ‘five day exchange and completion’ is slammed as rip-off (EAT)
A critic of the conveyancing process has accused a law firm’s charge of £95 for “exchange and completion within five working days” of being “scandalous” and “a rip off”.
‘Lazy’ agents warned that they cannot outsource money laundering and due diligence obligations (PIE)
A lawyer has warned that estate agents trying to offload their anti-money laundering responsibilities via outsourcing to a third party will not succeed.