Property Law: The Year Ahead
Chris Loaring, Managing Director of Landmark Legal considers what trends property lawyers and conveyancers may see as we move through 2021: “When reflecting on 2020, it was certainly not the year we had expected or planned for, yet despite the unexpected twists and turns of the last 12-months, the property market completed the year with […]
Parliament debates suspended, what about SDLT?
It has been reported that Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the House of Commons has temporarily suspended debates in Westminster Hall, meaning MPs may not get a chance to debate an extension to the stamp duty holiday, despite an online petition passing the 100,000 threshold which would trigger such debate. When debates are set to re-commence, […]
Property prices predicited to fall in the first quarter
UK’s provider of instant quotes for home moving services, reallymoving, has predicted property prices will fall by 6.2% in the first quarter of 2021. The downturn is anticipated to gain momentum every month from -1.2% in January, -2.5% in February, and -2.6% in March. Rob Houghton, chief executive of reallymoving, said: “Considering the wider economic […]
Avoid Completion Chaos
‘We all know that midday on a Friday is not the right time to start transferring funds where there is a chain involved.’ Aconveyancing’s founder and director, Natalie Moore, talks through the challenges she has witnessed with firms taking on too much work, leading to broken chains and how she prepares her team for busy […]
Reform of the Mental Health Act must be properly funded
Proposed changes to the mental health system must be properly funded to be effective, the Law Society of England and Wales warned following publication of the Mental Health Act White Paper. Law Society president David Greene said: “It is clear the current system means that all too often compulsory detention and treatment is, or feels […]
Cladding disgrace must be resolved as insurance premiums soar
Homeowners must be helped out of the cladding crisis according to a leading property firm. Apropos, a UK-wide letting firm, believes that the continuing slow response from government to the plight of hundreds of thousands of homeowners unwittingly trapped in their homes with dangerous cladding must be resolved this year. Individuals trapped by potential cladding […]
What has Brexit done to house prices?
While a ‘deal has been done’, Brexit and its implications for the UK remain a hot topic. However, one area that seems to have remained impervious to any Brexit related decline is the UK housing market. Despite claims by the Bank of England that a worst-case scenario when leaving the EU could see house prices […]