Property Fraud And Fake ID Is Swamping The Conveyancing Sector (TC)
The intensification of property fraud and fake ID documents means that conveyancers are much more accountable when it comes to ensuring their clients are who they say they are.
‘You weren’t mis-sold your leasehold house and I am keeping my £45m bonus’, Persimmon CEO
Persimmon fatcat says he isn’t going to hand over freeholds at Bluebell Meadow.
Interview With Gazeal’s Managing Director, Duncan Samuel (TC)
Managing director and founder of Gazeal, Duncan Samuel, talks to Today’s Conveyancer about whether locking buyers and sellers in a legal binding agreement will help the homebuying sector.
Expert Offers Insight Into New Freehold Scandal (TC)
The total number of properties subject to a rentcharge, according to freedom of information request data obtained from HM Land Registry currently stands at 1,056,592.
Key questions remain as new AML regime looms (LSG)
With new directives coming into force and little guidance for firms on compliance, even anti-money laundering experts are struggling to stay on top, as a Law Society conference heard last […]
On its way – game changer for industry ‘will speed up home buying and selling’, claim (PIE)
A consortium has been formed that aims to speed up the home buying and selling process and improve transparency via mobile banking.
Blockchain Used To Create End To End Home Buying Journey (TC)
One of the UK’s leading banks and lenders, Natwest, has teamed up with a network of experts in the property sector to further develop blockchain and distributed ledger technology to […]
Housing lawyers fear exclusion from dispute resolution process (LSG)
Housing lawyers have called an emergency meeting to discuss an influential human rights group’s work on resolving disputes amid growing concerns that the proposals could leave them out in the […]
Solicitors face ‘incredibly short’ deadline on new AML rules (LSG)
Solicitors will have an ‘incredibly short’ time to get to grips with new rules on money laundering before regulations implementing the latest anti-money laundering regime come into force.
More than six in ten buyers find their home on a portal – but few use online conveyancers (PIE)
Fewer than 20% of home buyers use an online conveyancer, although the majority use the internet to find their property.
Fraudbuster warns solicitors of dirty Chinese money (LSG)
Solicitors acting for Chinese individuals in asset purchases should be aware that their clients are almost certainly breaching domestic law – probably by laundering the proceeds of crime in the […]
Stamp duty surcharge could have benefits for UK buyers – claim (EAT)
The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on non-resident foreign buyers of British properties could have a […]