Landlords demand judicial review of pause on evictions (MS)
A law firm is seeking a Judicial Review of government guidance to put evictions on hold while local and national lockdown restrictions are in force.
Capital Gains Tax could be overhauled (PW)
A Chancellor-commissioned report has recommended a major overhaul of Capital Gains Tax (CGT).
ALEP Directors pen letter to Housing Minister on leasehold reform
Directors of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) have written to Housing Minister, Christopher Pincher MP calling for an update on when the Government will issue its response to […]
Conveyancer customer service levels increase since first lockdown (TC)
Despite the bad press conveyancers are being subject to over recent months their client service levels have in fact increased.
Agents should give conveyancers more information up-front – call (EAT)
A prominent PropTech supplier wants agents to hand over much more information to conveyancers to allow them to make faster progress on transactions, especially in time-critical periods.
Dysfunctional housing market causing panic buying (PW)
The ‘dysfunctional’ housing market is encouraging people to pay over the odds for homes, warned Sarah Coles, personal finance analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
Lenders report drop in quality of applications (MS)
Mortgage lenders say that a deterioration in the quality of applications is causing bottlenecks and making it harder for them to maintain good service levels.
Statements of truth (PG73)
Information about the use of statements of truth in support of applications to HM Land Registry (practice guide 73).
Requisition and cancellation procedures (PG50)
Advice on how to avoid requisitions on applications and our procedures where they do need to be raised (practice guide 50).
Time for vendor disclosure to replace caveat emptor? (LF)
The longstanding principle of caveat emptor could be displaced by vendor disclosure because of the rapid adoption of technology due to lockdown, experts have suggested.
Call for urgent action ahead of stamp duty holiday deadline
Solicitors’ leaders are calling for urgent action to be taken to ease growing pressure in the residential property market ahead of the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) holiday deadline on […]
Allow sales that have exchanged to have stamp duty holiday – call (EAT)
A law firm wants the government to agree that properties that have exchanged but not yet completed can definitely benefit from the stamp duty holiday ending on March 31.