Launch of New conveyancing service developed for Metro Bank (TC)
A provider of an online B2B platform has announced the launch of a new conveyancing service designed specifically for Metro Bank.
Initial coin offering or initial con offering? A guide for the confused (LF)
The internet has been awash recently with initial coin offers. Although crypto-currency has been around for a few years, only recently have hip-hop stars got in on the action.
Conveyancers call for digital efforts to improve home buying process (LSG)
The government should set up a website that helps home buyers and sellers understand what to look for in a conveyancing firm, a trade body has suggested.
Stamp Duty replacement – new rates revealed by Welsh Government (EAT)
The Welsh Government has revealed the bands and rates for its new Land Transaction Tax, which replaces stamp duty in the principality from next April.
Conveyancers want estate agents licensed and sellers to compile log books (EAT)
A conveyancers’ trade body has told the government that it wants the house buying process to be modernised by having estate agents licensed and ensuring sellers provide search, title and […]
Conveyancers call on Government to license estate agents and make offers legally binding (PIE)
Some conveyancers are calling for the licensing of estate agents, together with a requirement to pass a fit and proper test before they can trade.
‘First bitcoin homes sold in the UK’ as crypto investors cash in (PIE)
Two homes have been sold using bitcoin currency by a small property firm.
HM Land Registry’s new Business Strategy sets its direction for the next five years (TC)
HM Land Registry was set up in 1862 to make conveyancing simpler, faster and cheaper, by moving from an unregistered system of ownership to full registration of land. Our mission […]
Agents’ fees have risen only four per cent in a decade (EAT)
A survey released this morning shows that estate agents’ fees have risen only four per cent in real terms since 2007 – despite a substantial increase in house prices in […]
14 new areas of law set for reform – Law Commission (IC)
The Commission has focused on reforms which will reduce unfairness for the citizen and those which will help to enhance the UK’s competitiveness internationally following our exit from the European […]
SRA ponders penalties for failure to publish complaints data (LSG)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has indicated that firms are to face disciplinary action if they do not abide by a potential requirement to publish data about complaints they receive – […]
Law Commission to explore leasehold and chancel repair liability (LSG)
Leasehold, trust law, smart contracts and chancel repair liability are among the 14 projects that the Law Commission will look at over the next three years.