Latest Index Indicates Stable Housing Market
The housing index, measured by the Halifax, has found that prices are 2.5% higher than a year earlier, a 1.8% increase in the third quarter compared to quarter two results. Despite the average house price now standing at £225,995 because of the 1.4% decrease in house prices caused by poor August and September sales, experts […]
Government Insist On Estate Agent Referral Fee Transparency
New research from the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), carried out by YouGov, has found that 59% of the 500 respondents who accepted estate agent advice and used a recommended conveyancer were unaware that a referral fee was paid to the estate agency. It was this lack of communication that Heather Wheeler, MP, believes should […]
Pali’s Mel Hogan set to volunteer on charity Ghana trip!
Next May, our newest Palian Mel is heading to Ghana in West Africa, where she will be volunteering in a children’s day care centre. Here is Mel’s message to help raise donations for her trip. “When I am in Ghana I will be helping out amongst the centre’s local staff. As they always have their […]
Unexplained Wealth Order Issued
The wife of a millionaire bank owner, jailed for fraud, has been subject to the first Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) in the UK. UWOs were introduced to UK law in 2017 following increasing anxieties that the UK housing market is being exploited to facilitate money-laundering on an unprecedented scale. In fact, the National Crime Agency […]