House moving ‘concierge’ firm raises £1.5m in backing from venture funders (PIE)
A firm offering concierge services to home movers has raised £1.5m in funding, in a round led by the early backers of Zoopla.
Anti-money laundering system to be beefed up by new government board (EAT)
The National Association of Estate Agents has met with other members of a high-level government board to look at ways of tackling economic crime.
‘Not sufficiently transparent’: SRA told to be more open on policy (LSG)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority must improve its approach to explaining its decisions amid concerns about the transparency of its policy making.
Law Society’s warning over leasehold costs curbs (LSG)
Restricting the right of landlords to recover non-litigation costs in leasehold enfranchisement claims could deter them from engaging solicitors and thwart efforts to make the process simpler, the Law Society […]
Property predictions for 2019
With uncertainty looming over Brexit (or not), how the housing market will perform in 2019 is far from clear cut.
Lies, Damned Lies, and people who buy and sell homes (EAT)
Some 59 per cent of people have lied while selling a home and 46 per cent have lied when trying to buy, according to new research.
Conveyancers told to ‘up their game’ with buyers of leasehold homes (EAT)
The head of a property management company says conveyancers must do more to ensure buyers of leasehold properties fully understand the implications of their choice of home.
Leasehold Advisory Service Bolstered By High Profile Appointment (TC)
The Leasehold Advisory Service have appointed Wanda Goldwag, the current Chair of the Office for Legal Complaints within the Legal Ombudsman, as Interim Chair.
MoJ reveals fixed cost levels for two-year pilot (LSG)
The voluntary capped costs pilot runs from Monday for two years for cases valued up to £250,000 in certain business and property courts.
Advice line inundated as Government declines to clarify court ruling on repossession (PIE)
Landlords and agents could be inadvertently granting assured tenancies rather than the Assured Shorthold Tenancies they had intended.
Level the playing field between leaseholders and landlords, CILEX urges (IC)
In a detailed 50-page response to the Law Commission consultation, Leasehold home ownership: Buying your freehold or extending your lease, CILEx said 76% of members surveyed believe that landlords are […]
‘Go to’ solicitor for dodgy property deals jailed for seven years (LSG)
A conveyancing solicitor who fixed property deals for mortgage fraudsters has been jailed for seven years.