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Coal Authority and Environment Agency release new data tool (IC)

Developers can now identify mining and groundwater constraints thanks to a free online tool created by the Coal Authority and Environment Agency.

Rob Hailstone December 5, 2018

Law Commission launches reforms to planning law in Wales (IC)

The Law Commission has published a wide-ranging report proposing over 190 technical reforms to planning law as it applies in Wales.

Rob Hailstone December 5, 2018

Legal Ombudsman launch new Self–Service Customer Assessment Tool (IC)

The Legal Ombudsman is launching a new online Self–Service Customer assessment tool to make life easier for consumers.

Rob Hailstone December 5, 2018

Latest reorganisation seeks to build “Future Law Society” (LF)

The Law Society is undergoing its latest internal reorganisation, with the aim of creating “the Future Law Society” by 2022.

Rob Hailstone December 5, 2018

Conveyancing fraud on the rise as new transparency rules kick in (EAT)

It’s been revealed that 37 regulated conveyancing firms have repelled attempted frauds in the past year.

Rob Hailstone December 4, 2018

UK Government Signposts a Propdata Revolution to Fuel Housing Reforms (IC)

In recent months, the UK Government’s commitment to housing reforms has become increasingly certain – and one of the ways it is trying to underpin that is by making more

Rob Hailstone December 4, 2018

Frauds and business confidence are risks, licensed conveyancers report, but profession in good shape (IC)

37 firms regulated by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers reported they had repelled attempted frauds in the past year while the number and variety of attacks on conveyancers increased.

Rob Hailstone December 4, 2018

HIPs-style ‘Home Owner Passport’ launching to speed up conveyancing (EAT)

A firm is launching a new Home Owner’s Passport this weekend in a bid to speed up conveyancing.

Rob Hailstone November 29, 2018

House prices could crash by a third in no-deal Brexit, warns Bank of England (PIE)

House prices could fall by a third in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Bank of England warned as it outlined the possibility of a housing crash.

Rob Hailstone November 29, 2018

Slater & Gordon backs app offering legal advice for £24 a month (LF)

A new app that offers users the full range of consumer legal advice and support for £24 a month is to be piloted in the coming weeks ahead of a

Rob Hailstone November 29, 2018

Leasehold Reform Act 2019? Unlikely, commission warns (LSG)

The Law Commission received one of the biggest postbags of responses after asking whether leasehold law needed to be reformed.

Rob Hailstone November 28, 2018

Seven thousand high street agents at risk of closing, claims new online platform (PIE)

A property business hoping to raise £200,000 via crowd-funding is forecasting that 7,000 high street agents could shut.

Rob Hailstone November 28, 2018