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More agents will be victims of Britain’s ‘death of the high street’, prediction (PIE)

Almost 2,500 estate and letting agency firms have gone bust in the last five years.

Rob Hailstone July 25, 2018

Conveyancers face statutory duty to check identities (LF)

Conveyancers would come under a new statutory duty to check the identity of clients and make indemnity payments to the Land Registry if they failed to take reasonable care, under

Rob Hailstone July 25, 2018

Careless conveyancers could be liable for title fraud (LSG)

HM Land Registry could recover millions of pounds from conveyancers who fail to take reasonable steps to verify their clients’ identities under Law Commission recommendations to reform the Land Registration

Rob Hailstone July 24, 2018

Making conveyancing quicker and better – that’s the promise… (EAT)

The Law Commission has unveiled proposals that it claims could stop property fraudsters in their tracks and improve conveyancing at the same time.

Rob Hailstone July 24, 2018

New draft legislation launched to expose true owners of UK property bought by foreign entities (PIE)

Foreign companies owning UK properties will have to reveal their ultimate owners on the world’s first public register, after a new draft law was laid yesterday.

Rob Hailstone July 24, 2018

Big surge in down-valuations as ‘surveyors predict housing market crash’ (PIE)

There has been a ‘significant’ rise in down-valuations which are now running at the highest rate since the crash in 2008.

Rob Hailstone July 24, 2018

Criminals who launder money though UK property could face 5 years in prison (TC)

The Government has announced that foreign companies that own UK properties will have to reveal their ultimate owners on the world’s first public register.

Rob Hailstone July 24, 2018

Bid to reduce “low-quality” money laundering reports (LF)

High numbers of low-quality suspicious activity reports (SARs) are making it difficult to investigate money laundering, the Law Commission has warned.

Rob Hailstone July 24, 2018

Japanese Knotweed remains problem for sellers despite recent ‘all clear’ (EAT)

Japanese Knotweed remains a major problem for a property sale – and that’s despite a recent study suggesting that the growth is relatively harmless.

Rob Hailstone July 23, 2018

Why we must all get behind Countrywide’s recovery plan (PIE)

Countrywide’s long-term recovery plan, set to be revealed with its interim results on Thursday, should be eagerly awaited by estate agents across the country.

Rob Hailstone July 23, 2018

Referral fees – why a ban won’t make services cheaper (EAT)

Any belief that services would automatically be cheaper without agent referral fees is a false one for several reasons.

Rob Hailstone July 22, 2018

Agents’ fees cartel : investigation blows the lid on how it was planned (EAT)

An investigation by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has blown the lid on the infamous fee-fixing cartel scandal involving estate agents at Burnham on Sea in Somerset.

Rob Hailstone July 20, 2018