“Chaos” ahead when stamp duty holiday ends, warns NAEA chief (EAT)
The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with the volume of transactions.
Warning: Correspondence from email addresses ending “@pritchardjone.co.uk”
Correspondence from email addresses ending “@pritchardjone.co.uk” potentially misusing the name of Pritchard Jones Lane LLP.
Warning: Correspondence from email addresses ending “@cuningtons.co.uk”
Correspondence from email addresses ending “@cuningtons.co.uk” potentially misusing the name of Cunningtons LLP.
Greater transparency around referral fees (by estate agents) is needed (PIE)
Consumer research by YouGov found that more than one in four home buyers are more likely to go with an estate agent’s recommendation when choosing a lawyer or licenced conveyancer.
Sunak tells estate agents: “I’m helping to keep you in a job” (EAT)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is taking credit for saving thousands of agency jobs through increased transactions prompted by the stamp duty holiday.
Property transactions set to rise ‘between now and the end of March’ (PIE)
The housing market continues to benefit from the government’s stamp duty holiday, with residential transactions returning to pre-Covid-19 levels in September, but there could yet be room for strong sales […]
Speed of conveyancers and lenders will decide short-term market – claim (EAT)
Savills says the shape and size of the housing market in the coming months will be determined by the capacity of conveyancers and lenders to respond to demand.
Warning: Correspondence from emails ending “@rfblegals.co.uk”
Correspondence from email addresses ending “@rfblegals.co.uk” potentially misusing the name Ronald Fletcher Baker LLP.
Warning: Emails misusing the name of Freeths LLP
An email has been sent falsely claiming to be from Freeths LLP, in relation to a supposedly unclaimed inheritance.
Warning: Emails claiming to be from “Sara Cohen” at “Lewis Silkin LLP”
Emails have been sent falsely claiming to be from “Sara Cohen”
Warning: Website “www․probatetrustees.com”
The website “www․probatetrustees.com” has been operating claiming to be for a “law firm in Lincoln.”
Warning: Correspondence from emails ending “@bluntssolicitor.co.uk”
Correspondence from email addresses ending “@bluntssolicitor.co.uk” potentially misusing the name Blunts Solicitors Limited.