Has The Time Come To Fly The Nest?
Read the latest offering from the ‘Diary of the High Street Conveyancer’ Tuesday 2 June 2020 I have had new instructions over the last week. It seems that the reopening of the market has led to people deciding that they want to move and it is interesting to note that many of those who have […]
Reservation Agreements – More Relevant Than Ever in the Covid-19 Era?
February 2020? That was 10 years ago, wasn’t it? No. it was three months ago and is when the first of my articles about reservation agreements was published. In that very short space of time we have seen changes to our country and way of life that none of us could ever have foreseen. We […]
Reapit Data Demonstrates Property Market Bounce Back
Data released by Reapit which covered a number of key KPI’s for the month of May, has continued to demonstrate how the property market has begun to ‘bounce back’ after life in lockdown. The data, pulled fro their Agency Cloud platform omits the final week in May. Naturally, the data demonstrates a drop across the […]
Changes To Furlough – What You Need To Know
Last Friday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak led the Daily Coronavirus briefing, and revealed that the Government’s Job Retention Scheme, also know as furlough would be changing in the coming weeks and months. So what does this mean? Wednesday 10th June 2020, will be the last day that employers can place employees on furlough, for the first time. […]
Increased Demand In Rental Market Attributed To Lockdown
Property website Rightmove has released figures stating that the demand for lettings has increased by 22% compared to last year, despite the corona virus and lockdown. The demand for rentals has increased at a faster rate than those looking to buy a property. This need for ‘immediate housing’ has been caused by what experts believe […]
Land Registry Faces Up To Digital Identity Challenge
The Land Registry is facing up the the digital identity challenge which has become more pronounced during the recent lockdown and continuing aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic. In a blog released by HM Land Registry’s Deputy Chief Executive Mike Harlow, it was revealed the conveyancing processes “do not feel very 21st century” and have been […]
Solicitor Pair Exposed In Trying To Sell Property Without Owner’s Knowledge
A pair of solicitors from a Loughborough firm, concocted a plot to sell properties worth an estimate £3 million without the owner’s consent or knowledge. Hashok Parmar and Syed Gous Ali from Sterling Law Solicitors operated what is known as ‘property take-over-fraud’, where they fraudulently changed the names on ownership deeds and titles. Suspicions were […]
Firm Has Real Prospect Of Defence Despite ‘Disastrous Consequences’ Of Action
A Liverpool firm has convinced a judge they have a real prospect of a defence in a summary judgment for exacerbated costs, despite the ‘disastrous consequences’ for the claimant following their breach. Liverpool firm, EAD Solicitors is now in administration, however following the purchase of a property in October 2016, from 199 Molyneux Road Ltd, […]