Hackney Council SDLT deadline missed for searches
Hackney Council is the very first local authority to confirm that searches will now miss the stamp duty holiday deadline. The reason behind the announcement was due to an advanced criminal cyber attack which has left the Local Authority unable to process searches. The Council is now working with the National Cyber Security Centre and […]
Active Firms leap 56% and transactions double from Q2 – but can the recovery last?
• The number of active firms jumped 56% in Q3 2020, rising to 3,751, up from 2,411 in Q2 2020 • Conveyancing volumes increased sharply by 105% over the last quarter, climbing to 169,143 in Q3, up from 82,385 in the previous quarter • First registrations experienced the biggest jump of transaction types over the […]