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Buyers allowing vendors to stay on after completion (PIE)

Buyers are allowing vendors to stay in their home after completion in order to beat this Fridays’ Stamp Duty Land Tax deadline.

Rob Hailstone March 30, 2016

Land Registry: don’t make a monster (LSG)

Government’s plans would create a 1970s-style monopoly.

Rob Hailstone March 30, 2016

Welcome to a week of chaos with Stamp Duty deadline midnight Thursday (PIE)

It is likely to be a very chaotic few days until April 1. The pressure for certain transactions to complete before Friday will be great.

Rob Hailstone March 29, 2016

Scam warning: Agents’ properties scraped and given price cuts to lure inquiries (PIE)

Agents are being warned of a new property scam in which their listings are scraped – but given far cheaper prices in order to lure inquirers, who innocently give up

Rob Hailstone March 29, 2016

Land Registry can sue conveyancers for mortgage misrepresentations, High Court rules (LF)

The Land Registry can sue a former law firm for negligent misrepresentation in not checking whether a mortgage discharge form was genuine, the High Court has decided.

Rob Hailstone March 29, 2016

Solicitors work Easter weekend to help buyers beat stamp duty deadline

Landlords are rushing to complete property purchases before stamp duty changes come into effect in April, with solicitors working over the bank holiday weekend to make sure deals are completed

Rob Hailstone March 26, 2016

Cynical timing for Land Registry sell-off plan

A major campaign will be launched against the government’s new plans to privatise the Land Registry, published late in the day before MPs break for Easter.

Rob Hailstone March 26, 2016

Government consults on quick sale of Land Registry (LSG)

The Government yesterday published options for the £1bn-plus privatisation of Land Registry, as flagged by Chancellor George Osborne in last week’s budget.

Rob Hailstone March 26, 2016

High street agent slams onliners for work caused by their lack of sales progression (PIE)

A high street agent has spoken of his anger and frustration at the lack of progression work done by online agents. He is now suggesting that agents should charge those

Rob Hailstone March 25, 2016

Tax experts blast SDLT surcharge as “incredibly unfair” to joint purchasers (EAT)

A group of leading tax experts claims the stamp duty surcharge coming into effect one week from today will hurt the very people the government claims to be helping.

Rob Hailstone March 25, 2016

LMS launches anti-conveyancing fraud tool (TC)

Conveyancing panel provider LMS has launched a new anti-fraud tool called AccountChecker which they say will help prevent the misdirection of funds to bogus firms.

Rob Hailstone March 25, 2016

SRA launch online solicitor checking database (TC)

The Solicitors Regulation Authority have lunched an online database of law firms which they say will improve access to information on the 10,000 plus law firms they regulate.

Rob Hailstone March 25, 2016