Sales held up as searches routinely taking longer than official ten-day target (PIE)
A number of searches are taking longer than the Government’s target of ten days.
Official government guidance ‘could completely stall all flat sales in England’, claim (PIE)
Thousands of shared owners and leaseholders are now struggling to sell or remortgage their flats as surveyors and mortgage lenders require assurances that the materials on their buildings comply with […]
What will the 5th Money Laundering Directive mean for Conveyancers? (TC)
This is the latest legislative attempt to tackle the problem of money laundering, which costs the UK economy alone £37 billion every year.
‘Bedroom tax’ ruling clarifies tribunal powers (LSG)
Courts can set aside government regulations that are incompatible with human rights legislation, the Supreme Court ruled in a case that stemmed from challenges to the 2013 housing benefit changes […]