News - Page 473 of 755 - Bold Legal Group

Firm Loses £600K In Conveyancing Scam (TC)

Fraudsters deceived Woodfords Solicitors by using a phony email to trick them into sending more than £600,000 from the proceeds of a client’s house sale to their bank account.

Rob Hailstone April 11, 2019

Help to Buy ‘encouraging’ first-time buyers to purchase more expensive property (PIE)

Analysis by conveyancing comparison website Reallymoving has found that first-time buyers using Help to Buy are now paying 12% more than those buying secondhand homes.

Rob Hailstone April 10, 2019

Law firms failing to disclose conveyancing fees despite transparency rules (PIE)

Home buyers are still being misled over conveyancing charges despite transparency rules on fees being introduced in December 2018.

Rob Hailstone April 9, 2019

Are law firms with a high requisition rate ready to learn lessons from the exercise?

M Land Registry has fulfilled its promise to reveal how good are individual conveyancing firms at applying for changes to the register – by publishing three massive spreadsheets with 15-column

Rob Hailstone April 8, 2019

Newspaper accuses agents of misleading sellers into paying higher commission (PIE)

On Saturday’s front page of The Times, the story was run under the headline “Estate agents dupe sellers”.

Rob Hailstone April 8, 2019

Conveyancers “underquoting to win business”, SRA suggests (LF)

Some conveyancing law firms are providing unrealistic initial quotes in order to win business and most cause unnecessary enquiries from the Land Registry, Solicitors Regulation Authority research (SRA) has suggested.

Rob Hailstone April 8, 2019

Conveyancers ‘not explaining leaseholds’, SRA claims (LSG)

An alarming proportion of conveyancing firms are failing to explain the difference between freehold and leasehold ownership, research by the Solicitors Regulation Authority has found.

Rob Hailstone April 5, 2019

Purplebricks stock downgraded 80% by investment bank (EAT)

Analysts at Berenberg Bank have sharply reduced their price target for Purplebricks by over 80 per cent from 470p to 80p, accusing the company of having “flown too close to

Rob Hailstone April 5, 2019

Blockchain trial “has potential to transform property market” (LF)

The use of blockchain software in the end-to-end conveyancing process came a step closer when a worldwide trial involving international law firms and banks found the time taken to transact

Rob Hailstone April 5, 2019

New platform aims to cut property transaction time by months

Instant Property Network (IPN), a property transaction network, has completed a global trial of a new distributed ledger-based system that has the potential to speed up property transactions.

Rob Hailstone April 4, 2019

First UK Amazon Alexa Property Valuation Tool Is Launched (TC)

Homeowners across the UK will be able to ask their virtual assistant, Alexa, what their property is worth in the current market conditions.

Rob Hailstone April 4, 2019

Business Gateway developer pack

Information for software developers and conveyancers who plan to develop the client side of HM Land Registry’s Business Gateway interface.

Rob Hailstone April 3, 2019