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Autumn statement receives mixed reaction (TC)

Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn statement has received a mixed reaction after he revealed the well trailed help-to-buy schemes for first time buyers being in part paid for by a 3%

Rob Hailstone November 26, 2015

Now, it’s not only knotweed that will stop you getting a mortgage

Lenders have long turned away people whose gardens are home to Japanese knotweed. Now other weeds are triggering a red light too.

Rob Hailstone November 25, 2015

Land Registry needs you to be alert (TC)

Only 27,000 people have signed up for Land Registry Property Alerts; a free service helping people to protect against fraud.

Rob Hailstone November 25, 2015

Average price of standard law firm will drops to £118 (LF)

The average price of a standard will from a law firm has fallen from £124 to £118 over the last year, new research has indicated.

Rob Hailstone November 25, 2015

Money-laundering: agents rapped for too few ‘suspicious activity reports’ (EAT)

A report from anti-corruption campaign group Transparency International says British estate agents reported only 179 suspicions of money laundering in a year.

Rob Hailstone November 24, 2015

A new digital environmental report will streamline and improve transparency of conveyancing service (LF)

Conveyancing search provider Searchflow launches an all-encompassing and digital environmental report, which will offer significant time savings for conveyancers and enhanced communication with homebuyers.

Rob Hailstone November 23, 2015

£150,000 and no permission for the mud under Bloomsbury, London (TC)

The ground underneath a London mansion block was sold this month for £150,000 at auction as an ‘unexcavated basement’. It has no planning permission and it is believed to be

Rob Hailstone November 23, 2015

SLC/BLG Annual Conference summary (TC)

A fantastic range of insightful speakers took to the stage throughout the day. There were also two panel discussions between delegates and a selection of the day’s speakers.

Rob Hailstone November 23, 2015

Legal profession welcomes unbundling decision (LSG)

A Court of Appeal ruling that solicitors may offer ‘unbundled’ services without being held liable for matters beyond those in their client retainer has been widely welcomed by the profession.

Rob Hailstone November 23, 2015

Search Acumen marks its second birthday by doubling its market share (LF)

Search Acumen, the conveyancing search provider, has marked its second anniversary by achieving its target of doubling its residential market share in just 12 months.

Rob Hailstone November 21, 2015

When is a bogus legal firm not a bogus legal firm?

There is a need for both professionals and consumers to be on guard and to be educated to spot the true scam attempts and to know what to do when

Rob Hailstone November 19, 2015

New home-buyers service will be ‘game-changer’ say founders (PIE)

A new property service promising to be a “complete game-changer for the home buyer” is due to launch in the New Year.

Rob Hailstone November 19, 2015