Following a recent article regarding leasehold reform possibly not helping leaseholders enough, some conveyancers believe that freeholders’ rights and needs should also be considered. Are ‘multi-millionaire’ freeholders exploiting the system or innocent pensioner investors being

Following our article last week on how the recent proposals on reforming the Land Registration Act of 2002 could prevent fraud, many people now fear that additional standards and protocols will create increased delays to

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has applied to the Legal Services Board (LSB) to improve their rules and regulations in the hope that it will create transparent information offered to legal services users and

A survey of over 2000 UK adults uncovers that 55% of people view gazumping restrictions as their top priority in new housing reforms. These numbers increased to 64% of people surveyed that currently owned residential

Multiple reports, published in the past year, indicate that estate agents are in severe financial trouble. A report produced by Moore Stephens indicates that 19% or 7000 estate agencies are struggling to survive in current

Following a steady increase in borrowing and spending, the Bank of England announced that UK interest rates are set to rise from 0.5% to 0.75% for the first time since they were lowered during the

Recent recommendations by the Law Commission on reforming leasehold property have been compared to ‘window dressing’ by those opposed to the reforms. Louie Burns, managing director of lease extension specialists, Leasehold Solutions, believes that the

Despite Airbnb announcing 2017 profits of $93 Million and growing exponentially in recent years, UK home-owners are finding it extremely difficult to gain consent from mortgage lenders to rent out their homes; even for extremely

The government have recently announced the quarterly statistics on stamp duty; claiming that 121,500 households have benefitted from the stamp duty cut. This equates to a saving of over £284 million. Currently, first-time buyers purchasing

Conveyancers who fail to take reasonable steps to confirm clients’ identities under Law Commission recommendations to reform the Land Registration Act may be liable for millions of pounds to the HM Land Registry. Looking at

An appeal on behalf of a solicitor, suspended for offences related to property by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT), has been rejected by the High Court. The offences included lack of integrity and recklessness. The

The national planning policy framework (NPPF) was quietly announced on the day that parliament disbursed for their summer vacation. While they hoped to quietly distribute the report through the back door, some are critical of

In March this year, solicitors, surveyors and estate agents in Northern Ireland agreed to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to improve communications between all parties. The agreement, which offers “another layer of reassurance of ‘best