Details of 30% discounts for ‘First Home’ local buyers revealed (EAT)
The government has given details of a scheme allowing 30 per cent reductions for what it calls ‘local first time buyers’ and ‘key workers’.
Heartbreak for first-time buyers as their money vanishes into fraud bank account (PIE)
A chain collapsed this week and two young first-time buyers lost £94,000 when they were defrauded of funds they thought they had safely transferred to their solicitor.
New advertising rule “not a complete ban”, says SRA (LF)
The new rule that prohibits solicitors from making unsolicited approaches to members of the public is not a blanket ban on all advertising, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has clarified.
Mortgage ‘prisoners’ commence group action (LSG)
A commercial litigation firm that has acted in high-profile disputes including a shareholder action against Lloyds Banking Group has been instructed to bring a claim on behalf of more than […]