Buyers In Uproar Following SDLT Announcement (TC)
In the Chancellors speech last week, Rishi Sunak announced the changes to stamp duty land tax (SDLT) which saw the threshold raised from £125,000 to £500,000 with immediate effect.
ESTAS Brings Together The Best Conveyancers And Agents In 2021 (TC)
ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform for the property industry, has announced it will hold the first property industry event for conveyancers, agents and mortgage brokers in May 2021.
Agents can sell properties at record speed with this key combination (EAT)
Bold Move can cut the total transaction time by several weeks.
Letter misusing the name of Colman Coyle Limited
A letter has been sent claiming to be from “Colman Coyle Solicitors” in relation to a supposedly Personal Guarantee Bond.
Emails misusing the name of Watson Farley & Williams LLP
Emails have been sent falsely claiming to be from Watson Farley & Williams LLP, in relation to a supposedly unclaimed inheritance.
Emails misusing the name of Stephensons Solicitors LLP
Emails have been sent falsely claiming to be from Stephensons Solicitors LLP, in relation to a supposedly “Claim Donation”.
The website at www․accidentinjurysolicitor․co․uk
The website at “www․accidentinjurysolicitor․co․uk” is operating, which claims to be for a firm of solicitors called “Accident Injury Solicitors”․
ESTAS combine agents, conveyancers and mortgage awards in 2021 (EAT)
The ESTAS Group says it will combine its awards events for agents, conveyancers and mortgage brokers in one ceremony in May of next year.
Stamp duty holiday should be backdated, demands law firm (EAT)
A property law firm is calling on the government to backdate the stamp duty holiday to include those buyers who completed during the lockdown.
Land Registry to sign up for witness-free e-signatures (LSG)
Nearly two decades after the technology was approved in legislation, HM Land Registry has revealed plans to accept digital signatures to execute deeds.
Upfront property information – we need to stop ‘going round the houses’ (EAT)
Instructing a conveyancer on average takes 28 days, unless you have a digital on-boarding system which can cut that down to around eight days.
Sunak’s stamp duty holiday was never going to be enough (EAT
Sunak is in an impossible position with his measures to alleviate the worst economic impact of the coronavirus. He’s damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t.