Warning: Emails misusing the name of Richard Barrett Ambery
Emails have been sent misusing the name of Richard Barrett Ambery.
Warning: Emails misusing the name of Nick Atkins of Hogan Lovells
Emails misusing the names of Nick Atkins and Hogan Lovells, in relation to a supposed inheritance claim issue.
The death of ground rents (PIE)
The UK’s largest housebuilder has scrapped ground rents and is now starting to offer 999-year leases and zero ground rent on new-build homes.
MPs stay neutral over stamp duty holiday extension (EAT)
MPs lobbied by agents to extend the stamp duty holiday are staying firmly on the fence with standard answers and no suggestion – at least yet – that they will […]
House price rises have far out-stripped stamp duty savings (EAT)
The latest Halifax index shows prices surging 7.6 per cent to £253,243 in the year to the end of November, with the market in recent months at its strongest since […]
Matt Hancock: ‘I understand concerns over stamp duty holiday backlog’ (TN)
The health secretary has made the comments in response to a letter from an estate agent and constituent in Suffolk.
Certificate of identity for a body corporate (ID4)
Application form ID4: certificate of identity for a corporate body.
Certificate of identity for a private individual (ID3)
Application form ID3 to prove your identity when lodging an application to HM Land Registry.
Estate agents warned about fraudulent property conveyancing
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has reported a rise in cases involving fraudulent property conveyancing work and are alerting agents carrying out property conveyancing work on behalf of sellers or buyers that they […]
Santander to block mortgage applications from overseas buyers (TC)
Santander have revealed that they will only allow UK residents to make mortgage applications for residential and buy-to-let mortgages from 1 January 2021.
3,000 law firms “could be forced to close or merge” (LF)
As many as 3,000 law firms could be forced to close or merge over the next few years after the conveyancing bubble bursts and the recession really kicks in.