Local Land Charges Awards for Excellence 2020 Finalists Revealed!
Land Data, the National Land Information Service (NLIS) regulator, is delighted to reveal the shortlist of finalists for their upcoming 2020 Land Data Local Land Charges Awards for Excellence. After weeks of deliberation involving judges from HMLR, the Law Society, The Coal Authority, the Local Land Charges Institute, NLIS and Land Data, the shortlist is […]
Conveyancing Sector Enters Price Comparison Market
MoneySuperMarket are set to launch a price and service comparison for the conveyancing sector. Optimus, the conveyancing panel management business for mortgage brokers, recently announced the collaboration with the price comparison giants. The partnership will allow MoneySuperMarket access to the panel management service which will enable consumers to view the best rated conveyancers and property […]
Government Tax Changes Contradict Housing Plans
Two authoritative organisations in the privately rented sector (PRS) have released a joint statement calling on the government to use the next budget to overhaul the current tax system which ‘contradicts policy objectives’ on housing. The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) and National Landlords Association (NLA) are pleading with the government to consider relinquishing the perceived […]
Government Urged To Consider Commonhold
The Government have been urged to make commonhold ownership compulsory on all new-build flats. The Leasehold Solutions Group claim the current leasehold system is damaging to leasehold property owners and their suggested changes will ‘eradicate leasehold ownership within 50 years.’ Onerous leasehold conditions and onerous ground rents have dominated the property sector in recent years, […]
Mortgages And Remortgages Increase In December
The mortgage market improved again in December as the market responded to political certainty following the General Election. The 29,490 new buyer mortgages completed in December represented a marginal 0.3% rise in completions from the same month a year earlier, according to UK Finance’s ‘Mortgage Trend’ report. More homemovers felt confident enough to take a […]