poweredbypie Provides Efficient, Secure Payment Option For Searches For Comptons Solicitors

poweredbypie Provides Efficient, Secure Payment Option For Searches For Comptons Solicitors

Comptons is an innovative, award winning and well established firm of solicitors situated near Regent’s Park in north west London. Set up in 1987, the firm originally dealt almost exclusively with property investment, development and dealing companies.  However, over the years it expanded and now undertakes high quality property work notably lease renewal and enfranchisement, […]

Fraudster Jailed Following £55K Online Fraud Case

Leicester Crown Court has sentenced Surjan Roopra, 29 to 18months imprisonment after he pled guilty to converting £55,000. Roopra is now facing a proceeds of crime hearing, where the court could confiscate any properties he may be owning. Roopra carried out his crime by accessing the email account of a home buyer’s conveyancing solicitor, and […]

Empty And Unused Buildings Increase In 2019

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A freedom of information (FoI) request, made to UK local councils, has found a significantly higher proportion of vacant homes than estimates suggest.  Up to September 2019, the UK had 617,527 empty buildings. Of this number, 445,310 were residential dwellings and 172,217 were commercial buildings, according to the data released by Glide.  The number of vacant residential […]

Estate Agency Price-Fixing Cartel Fined

Estate Agency Price-Fixing Cartel Fined

Three estate agencies have been fined over £600,000 for illegal price fixing. The Berkshire based estate agencies were found guilty of fixing the minimum commission rates they charged their customers for over seven years. The Competition Markets Authority (CMA) has found that four estate agents, Michael Hardy, Prospect, Richard Worth and Romans, colluded in a […]