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The Law Society is facing backlash from conveyancers after issuing new property information reforms that take account of Trading Standards’ material...

Conveyancers are warning that this week’s Land Registry strikes could have a knock-on effect on property sales once staff return to...

The chair of the Council of Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has warned firms that it shouldn’t be seen as a ‘light-touch’ regulator. Speaking at...

Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying...

Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...

The head of one of the UK’s largest conveyancing legal practices is warning the property market could “fall off a cliff...

No fewer than 79 per cent of people want the stamp duty holiday extended according to a survey conducted by an...

A radical way to end the current stamp duty holiday has been suggested by three different legal bodies. The Society of Licensed...

A leading firm of conveyancers will this week tell new clients that their property purchases are likely to miss the stamp...

We can all agree that the recovery of the property market since May has been outstanding. The latest data from Zoopla...

Conveyancers are sending a blunt message to estate agents: transactions will take longer than usual and don’t chase us with queries and...

The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...

New guidance has just been agreed by conveyancers on house moves during the Coronavirus crisis. The procedures - made pubic only last...

First details have emerged of the information vendors may have to provide up-front In future transactions if government house buying reforms...

A conveyancing body is calling on mortgage lenders to standardise their policies in respect of unexpired lease terms in order to...

A call has gone out for conveyancers to have all monies - including mortgage funds - in place the day before...

Representatives from estate and lettings agencies as well as professional organisations have formed The Home Buying And Selling Group with a...

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers says it is worried that HM Land Registry’s decision to publish details of apparent errors in...

The ESTAS Group has today revealed the shortlist for its inaugural Conveyancer Awards.  Over 5,000 customers have completed a survey about the...

Entries for the new ESTAS Conveyancing Awards are now open and you have just over a month to get nominations in...

A cluster of conveyancing and legal experts, known as the Legal Sector Group, has published a raft of proposals on leasehold...

Legal Eye has been announced as the latest organisation to support the new customer service awards for the conveyancing sector launch...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers has become the latest body to call for the scrapping of stamp duty to give the...

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers is calling on the government to reconsider the three per cent stamp duty surcharge being introduced...

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers and Bold Legal Group have announced details of this year’s spring road shows. The events in Leeds,...