Last week, the government proposed a major reform of leasehold laws, with new rules possibly arriving within two years. Knight Frank’s team has analysed whether the prospect of the new rules will have an impact on the property market from today…
The Sunday Times’s Business Editor has written a scathing article about “simmering discontent” at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
The Government has announced some major reforms to the English leasehold system, in a bid to “fundamentally make home ownership fairer and more secure.”
Law firm recruits development specialist David Paxton from Charles Russell Speechlys to lead its team in London.
50% of estate agencies advertising properties for sale at £5 million are either not registered for anti money laundering supervision with HMRC, or have failed to pay their annual fee, according to a new risk assessment by HM Treasury and the Home Office – which strongly criticises super-prime and online property agents.
Residents of Native Land’s New Bankside have been given the go-ahead for one final appeal against Tate Modern.
ULS Technology Plc has offloaded broker platform Conveyancing Alliance as it continues its plan to “build a transformative digital platform to revolutionise home moving and ownership.”
Sanctions against individuals following China’s antics in Hong Kong could involve high-value property assets in the UK.
‘Despite the pandemic, money laundering hasn’t gone away, in fact quite the opposite’, says FCS’ Jerry Walters…
“Modern London is the wild west of the global property market,” writes Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins and parts of it are defaced and dying as a result.”
The Residential Logbook Association is looking for new members.