Price paid or value information: registration procedures (PG7)
Guidance for conveyancers on how price paid and value information is entered in the register (practice guide 7).
Warning: Website claiming to be an SRA regulated firm called Global Law Associates Limited
The website ‘www.globallawassoc.com’ is operating claiming to be a law firm authorised by the SRA.
Tax clampdown on second homes announced by government (EAT)
Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to pay under new measures announced by the government today.
Revealed – what customers REALLY think of estate agents (EAT)
A new survey of people who have sold their home in the past six months has given a strong backing to the performance of their estate agents – with a […]
Warning: Email misusing the name of Dominic Pisano of Dominic Levent Solicitors
An email has been sent misusing the names of Dominic Pisano, Tahnee Wallace, and Tahoya Dawkins of Dominic Levent Solicitors, attaching a document which may contain malware if opened.
NLC and ALEP respond to leasehold consultation announcement (TC)
This consultation continues to demonstrate just how committed and determined government are to fixing this broken Leasehold system as well as working towards a Commonhold model that will ultimately be […]
Boomin’s Michael Bruce pens open letter on the state of the portal market (PIE)
Michael Bruce, CEO and co-founder of Boomin, has written an open letter reflecting on the state of the portal market and specifically what he sees as the the inequity of […]
Setback for house buying reform as top expert moves job (EAT)
Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying process is moving from his current role at the […]
Conveyancing tech firm pledges dramatic time savings on transactions (EAT)
The conveyancing technology firm Search Acumen has launched what it calls “an end-to-end solution” in a bid to abolish “antiquated” ways of working.
Government launches major shake-up of leasehold enfranchisement (TN)
Leasehold minister Lord Greenhalgh says proposals, which are being consulted on for six weeks, are ‘most significant legal shake-up in a generation’.
Warning: Emails misusing the name of Ashurst LLP
Emails been sent misusing the name of Ashurst LLP, in respect of an unclaimed inheritance.
Freeholders cash-in on rooftop extension rights (TC)
Freeholders are now selling off “building plots in the sky” as more developers take advantage of rooftop extension development rights which allow up to two storeys to be built on […]