Completing forms ID1 and ID2
Guidance for completing forms ID1: Certificate of identity for a private individual, and ID2: Certificate of identity for a body corporate.
Warning: Emails misusing the name of Lovetts Solicitors
An email has been sent misusing the logo of Lovetts Solicitors, a trading name of Lovetts Limited.
Warning: Emails claiming to be from the SRA
Law firms continue to receive emails and telephone calls claiming to be from the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Sellers drop asking prices in attempt to keep buyers on board (EAT)
An estate agency says 10 per cent of its sellers have already dropped their asking prices to keep buyers on board, as fears grow of fall-throughs approaching the stamp duty […]
Allow ‘formal offers’ to be included in stamp duty holiday, says Propertymark (TN)
Propertymark has launched its manifesto for both the sales and lettings industries ahead of Rishi Sunak’s March 3rd Spring budget including a call for the stamp duty holiday to be […]
Cladding crisis victims should not be left out of pocket (TC)
The Law Society of England and Wales is calling on the UK government to protect leaseholders from the costs of making their homes safe from potentially deadly cladding.
Warning: Emails misusing the names of David Gillibrand and Ogletorpe Sturton & Gillibrand LLP
Emails were sent on 18 January 2021 that falsely purported to share a file from David Gillibrand and Ogletorpe Sturton & Gillibrand LLP.
Warning: Emails misusing the name Oakwood Property Solicitors
Correspondence has been sent misusing the name Emily Wheatley of Oakwood Property Solicitors, a trading name of MLS Law (Property) Limited.
Industry views: Will the housing market thrive without stamp duty extension? (PIE)
Residential property prices slowed last month as purchasers anticipate the end of the government’s stamp duty holiday at the end of March, the latest data from Nationwide shows.
Market to slow sharply if stamp duty holiday ends March 31 – warning (EAT)
The Nationwide made it clear that if the stamp duty holiday cliff edge happens on March 31, the housing market may well slow sharply.
“The sensible thing” – Agents urge tapered end to stamp duty holiday (EAT)
Estate agents have kept up the pressure on the Westminster government to consider some kind of tapered ending to the stamp duty holiday.
Warning: Emails misusing the name and details of SO Legal Ltd
Emails have been sent falsely claiming to be from SO Legal Ltd in respect of conveyancing matters.