Thirdfort host webinar on property fraud
With criminals becoming ever more sophisticated, it’s critical that property professionals keep up to date to recognise the warning signs of fraud, understand new regulatory obligations and implement working practices that reduce their vulnerability to attack. On 8th December 2021, Thirdfort led a panel discussion with experts from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau and financial […]
Weak property listings pipeline continues to dominate market pressures, according to Landmark’s Property Trends Report
Landmark Information Group analyses residential property data from October to December ‘21 Data from the latest edition of Landmark Information Group’s Property Trends Report has highlighted that the sustained imbalance of “supply versus demand” continues to be the dominant pressure on activity levels in the England and Wales’ residential property industry. The report, which reflects […]
Government eases subletting restrictions and asks lenders to do the same
The government is taking steps to make it easier for shared owners affected by building safety issues to sublet their homes by relaxing its subletting restrictions, and has written to mortgage lenders to encourage them to do the same. Presently in any shared ownership homes delivered through the government grant funded Affordable Homes Programme, subletting […]
Changing the conversation: is it time to focus more on guidance and less on enforcement?
A recent survey conducted by Access Legal asked compliance officers what issues kept them awake at night. Highly prevalent for the conveyancing sector, anti-money laundering (AML) compliance came out on top, cited by 84 per cent of respondents, followed by SRA thematic reviews / questionnaires (34.5 per cent) and continuing competency changes (31.5 per cent). […]