The Legal Ombudsman yesterday published anonymous case studies on their website stating that it is part of their commitment to helping both consumers and solicitors to understand the sort of issues that it is required Read More
The National house builders, Bellway Plc, have released their interim results for their half year ended 31stJanuary 2011 indicating that they completed almost 4% more homes, despite the current low market conditions. The key points are: – Average Read More
There are plenty of home owners who are unaware that they are responsible for the maintenance and repair of the pipes that connect their external drain to the public sewer but all the current home Read More
The latest Bank of England Statistics for February show a slight increase in the number of loans approved for house purchase, 46,967. The figures are slightly higher than the previous six month average of 46,413. Read More
The Law Society’s updated Code for Completion by Post will come into force on 1st April 2011 and is available on their website now. The updated Code will only apply to transactions where you have Read More
Many home owners who are currently on a variable rate mortgage have made a dash for low cost fixed rate mortgage deals before the Bank of England has another opportunity to increase interest rates. Read More
According to the Telegraph, buy to let opportunities have been opened up by the Budget’s stamp duty reforms following the announcement that there are to be tax cuts on the bulk purchase of residential Read More
With the advent of ‘the internet age’ and other technology the conveyancing process has been revolutionised but David Kempster, Sales and Marketing Director at SearchFlow, says “these high-tech solutions should not come at the expense Read More
First time buyers are being offered a lifeline when it comes to getting on the property ladder but how will George Osborne’s First Buy scheme work? First time buyers earning £66k or Read More
If you’re looking for a new role take a look at our jobs section. We have recently added a new role for a Remortgage Fee Earner based in Cheshire, through Ab Initio Recruitment. &Read More
Aldermore, who say that their aim is to ‘take a fresh perspective on markets that have been poorly served by traditional banks’, have recently launched a number of fixed and variable rate remortgage deals. Read More
Residential property lawyer David Morgan, a Partner at Higgs & Sons, has said that owners of property with a septic tank must be made aware of the new regulations relating to domestic septic tanks. Read More
The Solicitors Regulation Authority are seeking your views regarding the fee structure for alternative business structures (ABS). They say that the starting point for the development of the fee structure for ABS is: that the Read More
According to the latest Buy to Let Index from LSL Property Services Plc rents have risen, in February, by 0.2 per cent to £684, an annual rise of 3.9 per cent. Tenant arrears, however, have risen Read More
The Land Registry have reported that results for Official Searches issued on 17th March 2011 are incorrectly stating that the priority period expires on 29th April, unless you have been living in a bubble this is Read More
Legal & General’s recently released Moving Intentions Survey results indicate that only 30 per cent of the adults who took part in the survey believe that they will be buying a property in the next Read More
HM Revenue & Customs have made a further announcement regarding submissions of form SDLT1, including the supplementary forms SDLT3 and SDLT4, online screens will also be changing. Previously the National Insurance number was not Read More
Zolfo Cooper Partners, Simon Appell, Alastair Beveridge and Anne O’Keefe, were appointed Joint Administrators of Peverel Ltd, Peverel Group Ltd, Aztec Opco Developments Ltd and Aztec Acquisitions Ltd on 14th March. The four Read More
The SRA’s Handbook, which recently received final approval, sets out new regulatory arrangements which support the introduction of outcome focused regulation, coming into force on 6th October 2011. The board have said that they Read More
According to the SRA website cloning criminals are making minor changes to solicitors’ websites enabling the internet fraudsters to trick clients into entering a bogus site. They are then encouraged to hand over money Read More