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Homebuyers should be warned about climate-related risks of a purchase, new Law Society guidance suggests. The legal membership body has issued guidance...

A trade body has called on House Secretary Robert Jenrick to intervene over the growing problem of delays in councils providing...

With many transactions now delayed by up to three weeks by slow searches, a body representing local search providers is urging...

A trade body has reported some council search departments to the government for refusing to provide email details and forcing search...

A trade group wants councils and search companies to co-operate more closely during the virus to minimise delays to the remaining...

The Council of Property Search Organisations has named three industry figures as members of its newly-formed compliance committee, set to regulate...

A trade body has sharply criticised HM Land Registry for its slow progress on digitising local searches after a promising start...

With far-reaching reforms of conveyancing and other aspects of house buying high on the government’s agenda, a trade body has revealed...

An umbrella body representing search organisations says searches “are very rarely the cause of delays” in transactions. The Council of Property Search...

The government - which controversially launched consultation on its stamp duty surcharge between Christmas and New Year - has now used...

The possibility of the Land Registry being amongst £4.6 billion of public assets earmarked for privatisation has provoked protests across the...