Nationwide restricts affordability for furloughed workers (MS)
Nationwide Building Society has set out how it will assess affordability for mortgage applicants who have been furloughed by their employers and for those on zero-hours contracts.
HM Land Registry warns of delays (PIE)
HM Land Registry (HMLR) has issued a statement highlighting that some of their services are likely to be disrupted.
Land charges: registration, official search, office copy and cancellation (PG63)
Information about HM Land Registry Land Charges Department: applications for registration, official search, office copy and cancellation (practice guide 63)
To exchange, or not to exchange – that is the question (PIE)
The mere suggestion by conveyancing solicitors that they would continue to help their clients move towards exchange brought angry exchanges online.
Legal bodies unveil template to allow exchanges to be delayed amid coronavirus pandemic (PIE)
Legal industry bodies have released new guidance on what conveyancers, buyers and sellers should do to comply with Government guidance on home moving during the coronavirus crisis.
Extra guidance for conveyancers stuck in coronavirus lockdown (LSG)
Representative and trade bodies including the Law Society have joined forces to prepare additional government-backed guidance for conveyancers worried about how to complete transactions during the coronavirus outbreak.
Conveyancers agree new rules for house moves during virus period (EAT)
New guidance has just been agreed by conveyancers on house moves during the Coronavirus crisis.
Surveyors Demand Suspension Of Transactions (TC)
The surveying community is the latest sector urging the government to suspend housing transactions until government restrictions are lifted.
Conveyancing groups issue contract variation guidance (LF)
Organisations representing conveyancers have joined forces to issue guidance on handling matters during the coronavirus pandemic, including how to vary completion dates where contracts have already been exchanged.
Conveyancing market stakeholders produce industry guidance for law firms during Coronavirus crisis
The guidance has been prepared by a group which includes the Law Society, the Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC), the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, Bold Legal Group and the […]
Housing market could be ‘frozen’ to avoid Coronavirus crash (EAT)
It’s been reported that the government is talking with banks and building societies about putting the housing market ‘on ice’ during the virus crisis to avoid a crash and to […]
Government tells conveyancers to delay completions (LF)
Conveyancers should continue to support the sales process “as far as possible” but look to change dates of completion during the lockdown, the government said yesterday.