Agents’ fees cartel : investigation blows the lid on how it was planned (EAT)
An investigation by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has blown the lid on the infamous fee-fixing cartel scandal involving estate agents at Burnham on Sea in Somerset.
Is this why transactions have slumped? Equity Release hits a new high… (EAT)
Only 24 hours after the Land registry released data showing a 20 per cent slump in housing transactions, new figures from the Equity Release Council throw some light on why […]
125,000 buyers to benefit from Land Registry’s early digitisation (EAT)
HM Land Registry calculates that 125,000 buyers will benefit from just the first phase of its digitisation programme for Local Land Charges.
Government to introduce mandatory five-year electrical safety checks for rental homes (PIE)
The Government has backed introducing a mandatory requirement on landlords with properties in England to ensure that electrical installations in their property are inspected every five years.
Welsh Government to tackle current leasehold system (TC)
The Welsh Government has created an expert taskforce to find ways to improve the leasehold system in Wales.
Mortgage lender targets Airbnb hosts (TC)
Tipton & Coseley Building Society has launched a new mortgage product which is explicitly aimed at borrowers looking to short-let their properties.
Trading Standards issues warning to estate agents over redress (TC)
Trading Standards has warned agents that they must switch to a valid redress service. Agents who do not do so by 6 August will leave customers unable to access free […]