Legal

"In today’s competitive housing market, it is not uncommon for sellers to move agents", says Paul Offley.

Nearly three-quarters of recent leasehold buyers think service charges are "unfair", according to some new research, while nearly all (96%) would like more transparency over how charges are spent.

"Consumers want more information", says National Trading Standards's Estate and Letting Agency team, as it launches a survey to find out what property agents think should be essential on all portal listings.

Local search indemnity insurance has come to the fore as buyers look to beat the new stamp duty deadlines, writes Lucy Barber.

Richard Wilkinson has joined law firm Osborne Clark from DLA Piper.

Brokers should owe a "duty of loyalty" to borrowers, rules the Court of Appeal, in a judgement that provides "much-needed clarity" to the mortgage industry.

As a transparency measure, the Government is set to introduce a Register of People with Significant Control over Overseas Companies owning UK real estate.

A well-known tax advisor has been fined for allegedly avoiding Stamp Duty, after losing an appeal against a First Tier Tribunal.

A High Court judge has "dismissed in its entirety" a dispute over the valuation of a prime development plot on London's Southbank.

Gazeal says that pre-filled Protocol Forms can shave two weeks off transactions times...

Zainab Dakhil has joined the top 100 law firm from Royds Withy King.

New guidance has been published that clarifies types of properties which will, and those which will not, require additional inspections, as a result of concerns about fire safety.