Housing Minister Provides Further Clarity on Market Re-Opening
The UK Government have this evening provided further clarity on their intentions to kick-start the housing market. The daily briefing was this evening conducted by Housing Minster Robert Jenrick who provided an update on the government’s position regarding re-opening residential sales and lettings, and construction. The update comes following the steady stream of guidance published […]
Cross-Industry Guidance Launched On Safely Reopening Market
A cross-industry guide, co-authored by a number of residential sector and professional organisations’ representatives, has been launched today in a bid to provide practical guidance on how to ensure all aspects of the home buying and selling process is completed safely. The guide, “Re-Opening the Home Moving Market Safely” has been approved by the Council […]
Conveyancing Association supports COVID-19 Industry Guide To Support A Safe Home Moving Process
The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today announced its support for a cross-industry guide on re-opening the housing market, enabling people to move safely. The collaborative industry guide, ‘Re-Opening the Home Moving Market Safely’, sets out in detail how home moves can take place while still fully complying […]
Government Issues Removers Safe Moving Guidance
Removers were among the home buying and selling industries offered safe moving guidelines to ensure their transition back into work is smooth and safe. The sector was already gearing up for a return after removal giants, Pickfords, announced that they were fully operational and open for business from Monday. The firm had already written and […]
Landmark Information Group Welcomes Safe Working Charter To Restart England’s Property Market
Landmark Information Group, the leading provider of information to the UK’s property market, is today welcoming the announcement made by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Robert Jenrick, to today restart England’s property market, which includes a Safe Working Charter plan. Landmark Information Group was one of three leading organisations*1 in […]
Surveyors Given Updated Guidance On Home Surveys
Home surveys and valuations are an integral and fundamental part of the home buying and selling process and the sentiment from the sector welcomes recent government advice and guidelines permitting physical valuations and surveys to resume once again. The headline change in the guidance for surveyors is the fact that they are now ‘free to […]
Working In The New World – Conveyancers And Estate Agents
The government has updated the advice on home buying and selling which was issued on March 26 effectively freezing the property market. The new advice informs the industry about how to comply with ‘safer working’ guidelines and how each sector should operate during next phase of lockdown restrictions. Let us take a look at what […]
Landmark Information Group Extends Its Support To The Virtual Doctors Charity
Landmark Information Group, the leading provider of information to the UK’s property market, is pledging its ongoing support to the Virtual Doctors charity, which provides clinical officers in rural Africa with access to a network of doctors that volunteer, predominantly from the NHS, in the UK. This comes at a time when the charity, which […]
BREAKING NEWS: Property Market Reopen From Today
The Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, has announced plans for the UK to safely move home, from today, as long as social distancing advice is followed. Estate agents’ offices can reopen, buyers are free to view properties, show homes can reopen and removal companies and surveyors are able to complete their work with immediate effect. As […]
FCA To Suggest 1 Year Mortgage Holiday Extension
In a bid to avoid repossessions, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are looking at various scenarios of extending mortgage holidays for up to a year. Although the economy is set to bounce back fairly quickly, the financial sector is concerned that the initial three month mortgage break will not be enough to prevent defaults and […]
Celebrity Law Firm Hit By Ransomware Attack
A New York based law firm, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, who are predominantly used by the world’s rich and famous, have suffered a substantial cyber attack. The cyber criminals claim to have access to over 756 gigabytes of the law firm’s and its client’s personal data, including legal contracts, personal email accounts and email […]
Introducing Japanese Knotweed Detection Dogs
In these unprecedented times, we’ve all been finding different ways in which we can work, and complete the day to day tasks we would usually complete. Environet UK have revealed that they’ve trained two dogs, Mick and Mack to detect the Japanese knotweed rhizome present in a garden or development. The dogs can ‘sniff out’ […]