Leasehold law changes: How will the property market react?
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…
RICS accused of a ‘growing governance scandal’
The Sunday Times’s Business Editor has written a scathing article about “simmering discontent” at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Leasehold shake-up promises the ‘biggest reforms to English property  law  for  forty years’
The Government has announced some major reforms to the English leasehold system, in a bid to “fundamentally make home ownership fairer and more secure.”
New head of real estate at Royds Withy King
Law firm recruits development specialist David Paxton from Charles Russell Speechlys to lead its team in London.
Half of top-end estate agents are flouting AML rules – official report
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.
Neo Bankside Vs Tate Modern heads to the Supreme Court
Residents of Native Land’s New Bankside have been given the go-ahead for one final appeal against Tate Modern.
Law firm O’Neill Patient buys Conveyancing Alliance for £27m
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.”
Foreign Office warns of ‘Magnitsky-style sanctions’ on Chinese individuals
Sanctions against individuals following China’s antics in Hong Kong could involve high-value property assets in the UK.
Rightmove to host AML webinar as remote working heightens dangers
‘Despite the pandemic, money laundering hasn’t gone away, in fact quite the opposite’, says FCS’ Jerry Walters…
The Guardian: London is the wild west of the global property market – and it needs a sheriff
“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.”
New group aims to make Property Logbooks an industry standard
The Residential Logbook Association is looking for new members.