Buyers are overpaying the stamp duty surcharge, says national agency (EAT)
National estate agency Jackson-Stops claims that the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional homes is still confusing buyers, despite being in operation for over two years.
Buyers settling for homes they like less as a third suffer fall-throughs on their dream purchase (PIE)
A third of buyers have seen property purchases fall through, with most blaming their mortgage lender for the collapse, research claims.
Transactions plummet right across the UK, says latest Land Registry data (PIE)
Sales fell steeply at the start of this year as transactions slumped across the UK in January, Land Registry data shows. The data builds on separate new HMRC figures, reported […]
Challenges ahead for Conveyancers in 2018 (TC)
With the dust having barely settled on the recent Mishcon de Reya Appeal judgment, Today’s Conveyancer was eager to attend the Society for Licensed Conveyancers & Bold Legal Group Roadshow, […]
What will the digital mortgage mean for property transactions? (LF)
Over the past 20 years, nearly all aspects of our financial lives have migrated online, from tax returns to banking. Yet arguably the most important and protracted financial process in […]
Fixed fees hitting law firms firms in the pocket already, survey finds (LSG)
Cash-strapped firms must adjust to the ‘new normal’ of fixed fees and low margins for work, new research has concluded.
Conveyancers counter claim of a stagnant housing market (EAT)
Despite numerous reports of a ‘stagnant market’ and predictions of a ‘housing bust’, conveyancers have ‘bounced back after a disappointing end to 2017’.
The technologies shaking up the property sector (TC)
A Competition and Markets Authority study concluded that people need better information about legal services to help them shop around more effectively.
Uncertainty remains after Dreamvar and P&P rulings (LSG)
Landmark judgment leaves questions unanswered as solicitors voice renewed concerns over liability for property fraud.
Conveyancers enjoy strong start to the year (LSG)
The housing market shows no signs of crashing as conveyancers were kept surprisingly busy at the start of the year, according to an analysis of official figures published recently.
Buyer panned after publicising plans to pull out of house purchase or gazunder a week before exchange (PIE)
A woman who posted on Mumsnet that she was planning on either pulling out of a house purchase or gazundering with a week to go, has been slated by fellow […]
Red flag alerts – signs that the seller may be dodgy and NOT the owner (PIE)
Yesterday on Property Industry Eye, Rob Hailstone of Bold Legal Group posted that he had drawn up a list of ‘red flags’ for solicitors and agents to be aware of.