Leasehold reform: The government is making promises it can’t deliver (PIE)
A firm of surveyors who handle around 500 cases a year, have been inundated with enquiries about whether or not clients should withdraw from the process of extending their lease.
Stamp duty cliff edge leads to market running out of steam (EAT)
House price growth is running out of steam ahead of the stamp duty holiday cliff-edge.
Legal warning over little-known stamp duty technicality (EAT)
UK non-residents buying residential property face a sharp increase in stamp duty from April – that’s in addition to the end of the duty holiday.
Has the Stamp Duty Holiday extension campaign worked? (EAT)
We don’t know for sure if the Chancellor will do what most agents believe is the right thing, but the signs are encouraging.
Warning: Documents misusing the name and letterhead of Walker Morris LLP
Letters have been sent misusing the name and letterhead of Walker Morris LLP.
Warning: Documents misusing the details of Walker Morris LLP
Documents have been sent which misuse the details of Walker Morris LLP.
Warning: “Noble Law Offices” and the website “www․noblelawoffices․com”
The website “www․noblelawoffices․com” is falsely claiming to be for a firm of solicitors, and misusing content from the website of Winckworth Sherwood LLP.
Conveyancers need list of approved digital ID suppliers, Land Registry told (LSG)
H M Land Registry should give conveyancers a list of accredited suppliers that can help them meet new digital identity requirements rather than leave them to to figure out a […]
Warning: Correspondence falsely claiming to be from “Angela Mary Bourton”
A letter relating to a supposed investment report for a company, claiming to be from “A.M Bourton, Independent Solicitor”.
Warning: Emails misusing the name Legal Eagle
An email has been sent misusing the name Fiyaz Saeed of Legal Eagles.
Tory MP calls for Chancellor to consider single ‘property tax’ to stimulate market (TN)
John Stevenson says replacing Stamp Duty and Council Tax with a single annual property tax would free up hundreds of thousands of transactions.
Dudley Building Society launches stamp duty product
Dudley Building Society has launched a mortgage aimed at homebuyers who are unlikely to complete before the stamp duty holiday deadline expires next month.