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Thanks George! New figures show sheer size of transactions crash after Stamp Duty hike (PIE)

Housing transactions crashed in volume during April, official new figures reveal.

Rob Hailstone August 17, 2016

SDLT surcharge will hit transactions and prices of waterside homes (EAT)

Knight Frank is warning that it will “take time” for the three per cent stamp duty surcharge to be absorbed into the traditional waterfront second home market – and that

Rob Hailstone August 17, 2016

ABSs may “dominate in high-volume legal services” (LF)

The traditional law firm partnership structure is still dominant in the profession but the arrival of alternative business structures has disrupted the status quo and may eventually become the norm

Rob Hailstone August 17, 2016

Estate agent says pressure of job helped turn her to drugs (PIE)

A former estate agent has been sentenced after she was caught driving with a bag of cocaine stuffed in her bra.

Rob Hailstone August 16, 2016

House sales hit by long delays after new local property search forms introduced (PIE)

Local authority search delays are holding up property sales after new forms were introduced last month.

Rob Hailstone August 16, 2016

Legal Eye unveils new Senior Management team (TC)

Legal Eye, a subsidiary of ULS Technology, is delighted to announce the external appointment of Paul Saunders as Managing Director, together with two internal promotions.

Rob Hailstone August 16, 2016

Society backs reform of ‘distracting’ e-conveyancing law (LSG)

The Law Society has backed proposals to simplify the legal basis of electronic conveyancing in its reply to proposals for reform of the Land Registration Act 2002.

Rob Hailstone August 15, 2016

Offline conveyancers could face stamp duty penalties (LSG)

Solicitors could face penalties for not filing stamp duty returns online, under proposed government reforms to the conveyancing process.

Rob Hailstone August 15, 2016

Government facing calls for Right to Buy to be scrapped (PIE)

The Green Party has called for Right to Buy to be scrapped after only 20% of homes bought under the scheme last year have been replaced.

Rob Hailstone August 12, 2016

Don’t pay us – we’ll pay you to sell your home, agent tells vendors (PIE)

An estate agent is to trial a new approach to the business of buying and selling homes – whereby he pays the sellers.

Rob Hailstone August 12, 2016

Nothing inherently riskier about ABS, says super regulator (LSG)

Restrictions on alternative business structure can be lifted now they have shown to be no greater risk than traditional law firms, the Legal Services Board has said.

Rob Hailstone August 12, 2016

Surveyors are latest to come out against Land Registry privatisation (EAT)

The Residential Property Surveyors Association is the latest of many trade bodies to come out against government proposals to privatise the Land Registry

Rob Hailstone August 11, 2016