TSB offers to pay customer stamp duty
TSB has offered to help homebuyers with the cost of stamp duty. The bank is only offering to pay the stamp duty of buyers who are in the 1 per cent bracket, which is up to £2,500, but customers outside this bracket will benefit from £1,000 cash back. The offer goes hand-in-hand with a selection […]
Bank account fraud on the rise
The Uk’s fraud prevention service, CIFAS, has warned that bank account fraud is on the rise. It was the most common type of fraud recorded during the first four months of 2014 by organisations that share data through CIFAS. Not only has bank account fraud increased 48 per cent from the same period of 2013, […]
Scotland Law Soc reviewing consumer protections
The Law Society of Scotland will set up a new and independent review of the consumer protections in place for clients buying and selling property in Scotland. The review follows high profile cases in Aberdeenshire and West Lothian where clients were left without proper title to land bought through residential property transactions. Labour MSP Jenny […]
First-time buyers soars 24 per cent on last year
New data released on UK lending in March 2014 shows that first time buyers are up 24 per cent from the same period last year. First-time buyers took out 24,400 loans this March and there were 34 per cent more first-time buyer loans in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same time in […]
Redbrick Solutions announce new service to streamline conveyancing services
Redbrick Solutions have announced a new service designed to further streamline the conveyancing process and deliver a more cost effective transaction for the lawyer, with the launch of Redbrick Searches. This latest offering from the conveyancing case management experts enables fee earners and support staff to order searches from within the case management system, with […]