Dye & Durham partners with Thirdfort
Dye & Durham further enhances ordering platform with AML, Source-of-Funds and ID Checks from Thirdfort Leading provider of cloud–based software and technology solutions Dye & Durham has enhanced its poweredbypie/PSG ordering platform to offer Know Your Client (KYC), Anti Money Laundering (AML), Source-of-Funds (SoF) and ID Checks through a new integration with Thirdfort. The integration […]
Conveyancers celebrate 21 years of electronic searches
Conveyancers in England and Wales celebrate 21 years of electronic searches following launch of NLIS 21 years ago today, the digital transformation of the local authority local land charge sector began thanks to the launch of the National Land Information Service (NLIS) – an organisation set up at the request of government in April 2001 to […]
UPRNs now a requirement of new BASPI
It will now be a requirement to include UPRNs in the new BASPI form. On 31st March 2022, trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors launched a new version of the BASPI – the Buying and Selling Property Information form. This initiative is part of a wider process […]
RICS begins valuation review implementation
RICS moves forward with Valuation Review implementation as views sought on UK Red Book changes. Senior chartered surveyor, Richard Waterhouse FRICS, has been appointed to chair an expert sub-committee that will oversee implementation of the recommendations of the Valuation Review, on behalf of RICS’s Standards and Regulation Board (SRB). A member of the Standards and […]
Wales and Canada take aim at second homes
Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, has proposed plans for a two-year ban on certain foreigners buying homes in Canada. This comes as the Welsh government has provided for councils to charge a second home council tax premium of up to 300%. Both of these measures are a direct result of housing affordability crises. In […]
Developers sign up to building safety pledge
Some the UK’s biggest housebuilders have signed up to the government’s building safety pledge that ensures leaseholders in blocks above 11 metres are not responsible for paying for cladding remediation. The government has asked 53 companies to sign up to the pledge. This follows clauses within the government’s Building Safety Bill covering legal powers to […]
Halifax HPI: prices at record high while market “maintains momentum”
Halifax has published its latest House Price Index for March. The index shows that house prices increased by 1.4% in March, the largest monthly increase in six months, climbing by 11% month-to-date. Average house prices are now at their highest since mid-2007. The average house price, according to the Halifax HPI, now stands at a […]
ALEP warns practitioners: the clock is ticking
It is time to prepare for major changes under the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022, says ALEP The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) has welcomed confirmation that the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 will come into force on 30th June 2022, but has warned that it gives little time to prepare for […]
