Conveyancers pushed to publish prices
In a move to encourage competition and provide help for consumers, conveyancers are to be told to publish the charge for their house-moving services.
CMA justify stance on Land Registry
The Competition and Markets Authority has published a follow-up on their response to the Land Registry privatisation consultation. The CMA had previously expressed concerns over the government’s favoured option, stating they did not believe it could deliver the benefits the Treasury believed it could. Writing on the CMA blog, Assistant Director for Advocacy Elliott Scanlon […]
CMA decries Land Registry privatisation in consultation response
The Competition and Markets Authority have raised concerns over the effects of a potential privatisation of Land Registry. Writing to the Department for Business and Skills’s Lizzie Dixon, the senior director at the CMA says the gobvernment’s preferred model for privatisation is unlikely to deliver the benefits consumers want, the wide access to Land Registry […]
