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Tories set to allow more homes through relaxed planning laws (EAT)

Briefings from the Conservative Party to The Sun newspaper suggest that the party will this week announce further relaxation in planning regulations aimed at the creation of more homes.

Rob Hailstone September 30, 2019

House buying reform is centre stage at special ESTAS conference ((EAT)

The reform of the buying process is to take centre stage at a special conference called Bold Legal LIVE! taking place next month.

Rob Hailstone September 30, 2019

UK Land Registry Suffocating From Property Fraud Claims (TC)

Property fraud has become a major problem across the country as research has revealed the UK Land Registry has received twice as many property fraud claims that they are able

Rob Hailstone September 30, 2019

Freehold and Leasehold Premium Gap Reaches Eight Year High (TC)

The gap between the price paid for freehold and leasehold property has reached the widest margin since the property market recovery in 2011.

Rob Hailstone September 30, 2019

Three estate agents took on property being ‘sold’ by fraudsters after owner moved out (PIE)

Three sets of estate agents were instructed to market a property by people who did not own it. All three agents apparently took the property on to their books.

Rob Hailstone September 27, 2019

Agents hate Stamp Duty – but what happens in other countries? (EAT)

Stamp duty won’t take centre stage at the Conservative Party conference. But if the government next week unveils populist policies ahead of a General Election, expect reform of SDLT to

Rob Hailstone September 27, 2019

City council unanimously backs government plans to ditch Section 21 (PIE)

Norwich City Council is calling on the Government to abolish Section 21 – so-called ‘no fault evictions’.

Rob Hailstone September 26, 2019

Land Registry fails to hit target for reducing lawyers’ errors (LF)

HMLR has not met its target to reduce the number of requests for information that it has to send to law firms that have submitted incomplete or inaccurate information.

Rob Hailstone September 26, 2019

New Chief Executive appointed to HM Land Registry

Simon Hayes has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of HM Land Registry.

Rob Hailstone September 25, 2019

Dishonest Borrowers Increase Mortgage Fraud By 5% In 2019 (TC)

Mortgage fraud has increased by 5% in the opening half of 2019 when compared with the second half of 2018 because of dishonest borrowers lying on their mortgage applications.

Rob Hailstone September 25, 2019

Experts highlight problem areas in SRA’s new rules (LF)

Specialists have warned of problems for solicitors arising from the new Standards & Regulations being introduced by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in November.

Rob Hailstone September 24, 2019

Anxious Buyers And Sellers Delay Home Moves Until After Brexit (TC)

Reluctant buyers and sellers are getting ready to pounce on the property market following a definitive Brexit outcome according to a recent survey.

Rob Hailstone September 23, 2019