Property Market Slowing Despite Slight Transaction Increase
Despite a slight increase in the number of properties registered with HM Land Registry in January, there is a clear indication that the property market is slowing down. There were 99,372 sales received for registration in January compared with the 88,785 registrations made in December 2018. Whilst an increase of 10,000 property sales is certainly […]
Building Industry Pessimistic Over 300,000 Home Target
A recent report has insinuated that house builders feel it is unlikely they will be able to achieve the Government’s target of 300,000 new homes per year, despite consistently improved building figures over recent months. Less than half (48%) of the 400 home building companies that participated in the survey carried out by McBains were […]
Three CLC Law Firms Vulnerable To Email Fraud In Previous Fortnight
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers have revealed that in the past two weeks, three law firms have been targeted by cyber criminals using a very similar phishing strategy. Hackers, had obtained access to an individual’s email information within the firms. Once inside the account, the hacker was able to manipulate messages to automatically forward key […]