Warning: Letters misusing the name of Glaisyers Solicitors LLP
Letters have been sent misusing the details of Glaisyers Solicitors LLP in respect of property purchase transaction.
Warning: Emails falsely claiming to be from Polpitiya & Co Solicitors
Emails falsely claiming to sent from ‘Martin Knight’ of Polpitiya & Co Solicitors.
“These robbing estate agents are still charging tenant fees!” (PIE)
It appeared the agent was charging a non-refundable £200 ‘intial fee’ for up to two tenants and another £100 for additional ones, and a £60 charge for using a guarantor.
Law Society prepares guidance on Supreme Court undertakings ruling (LF)
The Law Society is to issue guidance on last month’s Supreme Court ruling on solicitors’ undertakings, which a legal regulation expert said has left conveyancers “very much in a mire”.
Purplebricks admits short term disruption but CEO makes pay pledge (EAT)
The chief executive of Purplebricks says he wants to move his agency’s 600 Local Property Experts from self-employed to employed status in little over three weeks.
Will new digital identity scheme really lead to quicker completions? (PIE)
There appears to be little hard evidence that this part of the transaction process delays completions – or, via the new scheme, will contribute to making them quicker.
Extra 2% Stamp Duty for overseas buyers criticised by agents (TN)
NAEA Propertymark says additional duty is leading to plethora of sales fall-throughs as purchasers realised additional cost of buying property.
Warning: Invoices misusing the name of M.Y Solicitors
Invoices have been sent misusing the name of M.Y Solicitors.
Leaseholders billed at least £39,000 for applications to the Building Safety Fund
Leaseholders at 173 buildings managed by FirstPort in England are being charged fees for applications to the taxpayer-financed Building Safety Fund (BSF) and for other fire safety inspections.
First Time Buyers deterred by environmental issues (EAT)
A poll of more than 1,000 buyers for First Mortgage shows that 48 per cent of first timers have withdrawn from a property purchase because of one or a mix […]
Conveyancing giant muscles into the new-build sales market (TN)
Essex-based Moving Made Easy has been snapped up legal firm Simplify for an undisclosed sum.
Notices, restrictions and protection of third-party interests (PG19)
How to apply for a notice or restriction to protect a third-party interest in an estate (practice guide 19).