How can the consumer’s home purchase/sale experience be improved?
Eddie Goldsmith discusses issues within the home buying and selling process, following a roundtable hosted by the Conveyancing Association attended by many industry stakeholders.
Mortgage broker to launch new conveyancing service with eConveyancer
ULS Technology, the owner of the eConveyancer platform have announced mortgage broker John Charcol will be launching a new conveyancing service using their eConveyancer platform. The new venture will be named John Charcol Legal. Shares in the AIM-listed ULS were up 1.5% after the news was announced. ULS Chief Executive Ben Thompson said: “John Charcol […]
Woman loses £129,000 after receiving bogus email claiming to be from conveyancers
A woman who bought a house before auction and transferred the majority of the £148,000 price to a fraudster says by the time she realised what had happened, her bank’s fraud team had gone home. Dr Ellen Wright bought a flat in south east London at auction in January 2015, agreeing a price of £148,000. […]
Lawyer calls for judical review on leasehold extensions stacked in favour of freeholders
A lawyer who acts for leaseholders in extensions and freehold purchase has called for a judicial review after the upper tribunal handed down a judgement which she says takes billions from leaseholders and gives to freeholders as part of a “ridiculously unfair” system. The Upper Tribunal handed down a decision on two models of calculating […]