Temporary changes to HM Land Registry’s evidence of identity requirements (PG67A)
The guide provides information about temporary changes to HM Land Registry’s evidence of identity requirements because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak (practice guide 67A)
Certificate of identity for a private individual (ID3)
Application form ID3 to prove your identity when lodging an application to HM Land Registry.
Certificate to be given by a conveyancer where a person’s identity has been verified by way of an online video call (ID5)
Application form ID5 to be completed with form ID1 or form ID2 where a conveyancer is verifying a person’s identity by way of a video meeting.
Time for national home moving digital identity system, industry tells MPs (TN)
A meeting in parliament saw agency, conveyancing and tech players grilled by politicians over need to make AML and KYC easier.
Why do so many property transactions fall through? (IC)
According to a recent survey by online estate agents Yopa, 40% of homeowners put it at the top of the list of stressors they’d experienced, even outranking getting divorced.
Leasehold reform: The government is making promises it can’t deliver (PIE)
A firm of surveyors who handle around 500 cases a year, have been inundated with enquiries about whether or not clients should withdraw from the process of extending their lease.
Stamp duty cliff edge leads to market running out of steam (EAT)
House price growth is running out of steam ahead of the stamp duty holiday cliff-edge.
Legal warning over little-known stamp duty technicality (EAT)
UK non-residents buying residential property face a sharp increase in stamp duty from April – that’s in addition to the end of the duty holiday.
Has the Stamp Duty Holiday extension campaign worked? (EAT)
We don’t know for sure if the Chancellor will do what most agents believe is the right thing, but the signs are encouraging.
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