Landlords and letting agents urged to make sure they are ready for tenant fees ban (PW)
Tenancy Deposit Scheme is warning that landlords and agents in England should now be ready for the ban on tenant fees that comes into place at the end of this […]
Start Up Offers Guaranteed Conveyancing Process To Completion Within 40 Days (TC)
A conveyancing start up, offering a premium conveyancing service, will repay the cost of all fees if they are unable to complete the conveyancing process, to completion, within 40 days.
Conveyancing consolidation squeezing out local knowledge (LSG)
The conveyancing sector risks losing local, specialist knowledge as a result of increasing consolidation, the director of a property data provider has warned, following analysis of latest statistics.
Gateley found negligent in property transaction case (LSG)
City firm Gateley was in breach of contract and negligent in its advice to a property dealer who sought to redevelop land in Nottingham, according to the High Court judgment […]
Conveyancing workloads increase as smaller firms are pushed out of the market (PIE)
The number of active conveyancing firms in England and Wales has dropped below 4,000 for the first time.
New conveyancing service promises quick exchange – or money back (PIE)
A new law firm is launching a service that guarantees speedy conveyancing or no fees.
Refund Scheme Launched For Victims Of Authorised Push Payment Fraud (TC)
Following the announcement that authorised push payment fraud had increased by 93% in a year to £354 million in 2018, a number of banks have signed up to an elective […]
State-backed national estate agency ‘could be launched by a Corbyn government’ (PIE)
A State-backed national estate agency could be launched by a Corbyn government.
Revealed – exactly how long it takes to buy a home in the UK (EAT)
New research suggests it takes, on average, six months and 24 days to buy a home.
Abolition Of Section 21 Opens Floodgates For Landlord Exodus (TC)
A comprehensive survey into the buy-to-let sector has found that almost half of landlords are looking to sell all or most of their buy-to-let portfolio if Section 21, ‘no fault’ […]
Will Digital Assistant Alexa Transform the Conveyancing Industry? (TC)
Simply Conveyancing customers can now ask Alexa, questions and queries about their conveyancing transaction.
Referral Fees and Modern Method of Auction subject to new TPO rules (EAT)
The Property Ombudsman says its members must in future disclose referral fees in a bid to make previously-hidden costs open and transparent to consumers.