The Property Ombudsman and Trading Standards to launch agency referral fee survey (PIE)
The Property Ombudsman and Trading Standards are teaming up to assess the use of referral fees among estate agents amid warnings that the Government is coming close to an outright […]
OnTheMarket signs up over 9,000 agency branches as it nears 50% of market (PIE)
OnTheMarket now has listing agreements with over 9,000 agent branches, having added 3,500-plus offices since admission to the AIM stock market on February 9.
Why gazundering is back as buyers strike harder bargains for property (IC)
Asking prices for property in the UK have hit record highs recently. But data suggests that many sellers are accepting much less to sell their property once their home goes […]
SRA completes Handbook rewrite by tempering plan to allow solicitors to set up shop on qualification (LF)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has tempered its proposal to allow solicitors to set up their own law firms as soon as they qualify, as it unveiled the final wave of […]
Law firms will have to publish certain prices, but not complaints data, SRA decides (LF)
Law firms will have to publish their prices for a range of consumer and business services, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has decided, but they will not have to put their […]
New anti-money laundering regulator mooted to supervise estate agents (PIE)
HMRC has told the Treasury Committee that as part of next year’s government spending review, it plans to discuss whether other organisations would be better suited to the task.
Let’s end the ‘fat cat’ lawyer myth once and for all (LSG)
Solicitors do a phenomenal amount of unpaid work every day to ensure people can access to justice. It’s time to start shouting about it.
Law Society condemns SRA’s indemnity and compensation fund reforms (LF)
The Law Society has launched a fierce attack on the second attempt by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to reduce the indemnity insurance and compensation fund requirements for solicitors.
Would Your Legal Firm Hold Up Under AML Investigation?
Research conducted by ID verification provider, Credas, reveals that a significant number of businesses in the legal sector are in danger of breaching anti-money laundering legislation.
HomeOwners Alliance claims housing market is broken at every level, but who is at fault? (PIE)
The housing market is broken at every level with affordability the biggest single issue, research suggests.
INNSA Guidance assisting buyers of Japanese knotweed remediation services (IC)
UK Trade Body INNSA has released specific guidance to assist buyers of Japanese knotweed remediation services.
Blockchain to be tested by Netherlands Land Registry (TC)
The Netherlands Land Registry has stated that it will begin testing blockchain technology for national real estate data.