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Is this why transactions have slumped? Equity Release hits a new high… (EAT)

Only 24 hours after the Land registry released data showing a 20 per cent slump in housing transactions, new figures from the Equity Release Council throw some light on why

Rob Hailstone July 20, 2018

125,000 buyers to benefit from Land Registry’s early digitisation (EAT)

HM Land Registry calculates that 125,000 buyers will benefit from just the first phase of its digitisation programme for Local Land Charges.

Rob Hailstone July 20, 2018

Government to introduce mandatory five-year electrical safety checks for rental homes (PIE)

The Government has backed introducing a mandatory requirement on landlords with properties in England to ensure that electrical installations in their property are inspected every five years.

Rob Hailstone July 20, 2018

Welsh Government to tackle current leasehold system (TC)

The Welsh Government has created an expert taskforce to find ways to improve the leasehold system in Wales.

Rob Hailstone July 20, 2018

Mortgage lender targets Airbnb hosts (TC)

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has launched a new mortgage product which is explicitly aimed at borrowers looking to short-let their properties.

Rob Hailstone July 20, 2018

Trading Standards issues warning to estate agents over redress (TC)

Trading Standards has warned agents that they must switch to a valid redress service. Agents who do not do so by 6 August will leave customers unable to access free

Rob Hailstone July 20, 2018

Housing market hits a brick wall as sales plunge across the UK by up to 29% (PIE)

Property sales were down by a fifth across the UK during March, and plunged by almost 30% in London.

Rob Hailstone July 19, 2018

Could blockchain change the way we own property? (TC)

Experts are talking about how blockchain could revolutionise the Land Registry; saving time and money by authenticating property titles and making an incorruptible record publicly available.

Rob Hailstone July 17, 2018

Which? undercover operation reveals agents ‘mislead’ buyers about their own mortgage services (PIE)

A new undercover operation by Which? is said to show that some estate agents are misleading home buyers about their in-house mortgage broking services.

Rob Hailstone July 16, 2018

Cull of weaker agencies is inevitable with closures and fire sales to come, warning (PIE)

7,000 estate agency offices are under financial pressure which probably equates to 25% to 30% of the industry.

Rob Hailstone July 12, 2018

New Housing Minister makes his first statement – all 93 words of it (EAT)

The new housing minister, Kit Malthouse, has made his first formal statement from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Rob Hailstone July 12, 2018

At last – Local Land Charge searches ‘can take just seconds’ (EAT)

From yesterday morning anyone requiring local land charge searches for property or land in the local authority area of Warwick district council have been able to get them directly from

Rob Hailstone July 12, 2018