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Slow searches ‘not to blame’ for transactions taking longer to go through (PIE)

A trade body has hit back at suggestions that slow local authority searches are slowing down transactions.

Rob Hailstone November 20, 2019

Why estate agents feel so short-changed by property portals – by The Times (PIE)

No less a paper than The Times has waded into the long-standing controversy over portals’ “substantial” charges to agents.

Rob Hailstone November 20, 2019

RICS Overhaul Home Surveys To Improve Home Moving Process (TC)

This week the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors launched a new Home Survey Standard to protect buyers and sellers, while providing better clarity and transparency to consumers.

Rob Hailstone November 20, 2019

Fraudster Jailed After Stealing £75k Home (TC)

A con woman has been jailed for 20 months after changing her name by deed poll, and selling a £75,000 house, without the real owner knowing.

Rob Hailstone November 20, 2019

‘Inflection point’ looms for top conveyancers (LSG)

Larger players increasingly dominating conveyancing work may need to make ‘wholesale’ business changes to continue growing.

Rob Hailstone November 20, 2019

Latest mortgage fraud case ‘strikes at the heart of conveyancing (TN)

By changing her name and then applying for a passport, Sarah Broadbelt sold a property she didn’t own for £75,000 without anyone in the chain noticing.