LSB invites contributions to a new strategy for the legal service sector (TC)
The Legal Services Board has launched a consultation on a draft strategy for the legal services sector and is inviting others to say how they will also contribute to reshaping […]
If you jab a conveyancer do they not bleed? (PIE)
Lawyers are the same as everyone else – they cannot perform miracles or see into the future, so why do people feel free to abuse them for not possessing such […]
The move to a peppercorn ground rent ‘is long overdue’ – NLC
Following the news that homeowners will no longer be charged ground rent after buying flats from Barratt, the National Leasehold Campaign (NLC) has issued a statement.
HM Land Registry’s Business Gateway: compatible software suppliers
Find out which suppliers have developed software to communicate with Business Gateway.
Warning: Emails misusing the name of Richard Barrett Ambery
Emails have been sent misusing the name of Richard Barrett Ambery.
Warning: Emails misusing the name of Nick Atkins of Hogan Lovells
Emails misusing the names of Nick Atkins and Hogan Lovells, in relation to a supposed inheritance claim issue.
The death of ground rents (PIE)
The UK’s largest housebuilder has scrapped ground rents and is now starting to offer 999-year leases and zero ground rent on new-build homes.
MPs stay neutral over stamp duty holiday extension (EAT)
MPs lobbied by agents to extend the stamp duty holiday are staying firmly on the fence with standard answers and no suggestion – at least yet – that they will […]
House price rises have far out-stripped stamp duty savings (EAT)
The latest Halifax index shows prices surging 7.6 per cent to £253,243 in the year to the end of November, with the market in recent months at its strongest since […]
Matt Hancock: ‘I understand concerns over stamp duty holiday backlog’ (TN)
The health secretary has made the comments in response to a letter from an estate agent and constituent in Suffolk.
Certificate of identity for a body corporate (ID4)
Application form ID4: certificate of identity for a corporate body.
Certificate of identity for a private individual (ID3)
Application form ID3 to prove your identity when lodging an application to HM Land Registry.