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Two new appointments to the SRA Board have been announced

Elaine Williams, former Deputy Group Company Secretary at HSBC and David Willis former joint Chief Executive of international legal firm Herbert Smith Freehills, are joining the Board as non-executive directors.

Rob Hailstone January 12, 2015

SRA enhances approach to consultation

“We are improving the way we engage with those affected by our work by adopting a flexible and tailored approach to how we consult on, for example, proposals for new

Rob Hailstone January 12, 2015

40% of Labour MPs not keen on mansion tax (EAT)

A poll commissioned by the British Property Federation shows that two fifths of all Labour MPs would prefer to see the creation of additional higher bands of council tax than

Rob Hailstone January 12, 2015

Stamp duty move “means too many homes on sale” (EAT)

The housing market in Scotland is likely to be “unusually over-subscribed” for the next three months as vendors scrabble to sell high-value homes before the arrival of the new Land

Rob Hailstone January 12, 2015

Estate agent comparison website launched (EAT)

An “upfront estate agent comparison” website has been launched which aims to tell prospective or existing vendors the fees and services on offer from at least six local agencies and

Rob Hailstone January 12, 2015

Land Registry Looks Back at 2014 (IC)

“In 2014 our intakes were the highest they have been for over seven years. We have processed over 32 million applications which underpinned property sales worth hundreds of billions of

Rob Hailstone January 12, 2015

Help to Buy sales hit 73,000 (EAT)

More than 73,000 homes have now been purchased via the government’s flagship Help to Buy scheme.

Rob Hailstone January 9, 2015

Call For Review of UK Housing Policy (IC)

The UK government needs to review its current housing policy and commit to a managed withdrawal of current property market support as a priority, according to the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders

Rob Hailstone January 9, 2015

Workload and disciplinary problems top table for stressed lawyers (EAT)

Workload and disciplinary problems have topped the table of reasons why lawyers contacted mental health charity LawCare last year.

Rob Hailstone January 9, 2015

Veyo appoints new Commercial Director

Stefanie (Marina) van den Haak has been appointed as the Commercial Director of Law Society Conveyancing portal Veyo. Stefanie was the Sales and Partnership Director at Quality Solictors from May

Rob Hailstone January 8, 2015

Is Wales next to have its own property tax? (EAT)

The Wales Act has been given Royal Assent – passing to the National Assembly for Wales some tax-raising powers including that of stamp duty.

Rob Hailstone January 8, 2015

Agent blames price dip on stamp duty reform (EAT)

Savills – one of the few estate agencies to give a cool response to George Osborne’s stamp duty reforms last month – now says it has caused a dip in

Rob Hailstone January 8, 2015