Portals challenger OneDome says it is generating 1.7 enquiries per minute to agents (PIE)
OneDome, which acquired Nethouseprices last year and launched its own free property portal last Feberuary, says there are now 480,000 listings across the two sites.
Reapit joins consortium aiming to cut total conveyancing times to three weeks (PIE)
Software supplier Reapit has joined a consortium aimed at digitalising the complete home buying process.
Conveyancing Association’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ questions buyers of leasehold need to ask
The Conveyancing Association has also produced data showing the extraordinary number of leasehold transactions that fail because of delays, tiresome ploys for fees and general ineptitude of freeholders.
Reapit takes another step towards end-to-end digital home buying (EAT)
Reapit has joined a consortium attempting to make the long-anticipated end-to-end digital home buying process a reality.
Purplebricks and other hybrid LPEs face HMRC crack-down, warn lawyers (TN)
Legal firm Osborne Clarke says HMRC wants to recoup some of the £8.3 billion annual undeclared earnings, some of which is hidden by self-employed staff like hybrid agency LPEs, it […]
Digital Search Delays: Land Registry plans in disarray (EAT)
HM Land Registry appears to be making painfully slow progress on digitising land charge search data – contrary to its earlier promises.
Would agents really be happy issuing leasehold ‘wealth warnings’ on listings? (PIE)
IT professional and blogger Peter Ellis Jones said the mock-up reflects what listings might look like if the portal were “more aligned with buyers”.
Binning freeholders will leave residents worse off (TN)
Professional freeholders are about to become more important than ever.
Tory tiff prompts gossip about yet another new Housing Minister (EAT)
There is speculation that either Jenrick or McVey – or possibly both – will have to go.
Pressure piles on portals to ensure listings spell out leasehold terms to buyers (PIE)
Pressure is increasing on agents and portals to ensure leasehold terms are spelled out in all property listings, amid concerns that there will be a government crackdown on mis-selling.
New Property Information Packs set to roll out this spring after trials with agents (PIE)
A new service, Property Information Packs, is to roll out nationwide within the next three months, aiming at speeding up conveyancing and reducing fall-throughs.
Solicitor duped by ‘fake’ wife fined for failing to check ID (LF)
An experienced solicitor has been fined £20,000 for misconduct after being duped into accepting that a woman was who she said she was because he did not require documentary proof.