Conveyancing fees rise by 21%, survey finds (LSG)
Average residential conveyancing fees have increased by 21% over the past year, according to sector research by a property agency and auctioneer.
Bamboo grown by neighbour causes £100k of damage as it spread under property (PIE)
One family discovered just how damaging bamboo could be when shoots started bursting from the walls of their house.
New landlord register and home improvement rules to be unveiled (PIE)
Private landlords will be legally required to bring their properties up to a set of national standards for the first time under new plans set to be announced by the […]
Warning: Email misusing the name of the Solicitors Regulation Authority
An email has been sent misusing the name of the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Trading Standards want public to quiz agents on referral fees (EAT)
The most senior Trading Standards officer policing the agency industry says he hopes the public will ask about referral fees in a bid to discover the scale of problems surrounding […]
Large-scale applications and calculation of fees (PG33)
How to prepare an application for a large number of properties and calculating the fees involved (practice guide 33).
Index map: official search (PG10)
Details of the information held on the index map and how to apply for an official search (practice guide 10).
Acquisition of land by general vesting declaration (PG54)
Advice about applications based on acquisition of land (practice guide 54).
Warning: Website and emails claiming to be from ‘Colvins Solicitors’
The website ‘www.colvins.uk’ is operating claiming to be for ‘Colvins Solicitors’.
Warning: Emails misusing the name of Steven Kempster
Emails have been sent misusing the name of Steven Kempster in respect of supposedly unclaimed inheritances.
New guidance abolishes Japanese knotweed ‘seven-metre rule’ (PIE)
RICS has published a new Guidance Note for surveyors that has abolished the ‘seven-metre rule’ valuers use when determining whether Japanese knotweed poses a threat to a property.
‘Get on with leasehold reforms’, says frustrated property industry in open letter to Gove (TN)
Unusually strong coalition of companies and trade bodies issues open letter to Secretary of State to urge him to progress promised reforms and legislation.