Under Government plans in early 2020, home reservation agreements will be trialled in England. Currently, no property transaction is guaranteed until the contracts are exchanged,…
The prospect of purchasing a property can be daunting even for the most experienced buyer. If you are looking to purchase your first home, there…
It’s a conundrum. More and more unmarried couples who split up immediately contract a bout of early onset amnesia, rendering them completely unable to recall…
The cost of evicting a tenant in the UK has reached an average of £31,000 according to London Estate Agents, Benham & Reeves. This includes…
If the current fervour of consumer-driven criticism is anything to go by – not to mention the number of investigations various quangos are carrying out…
With the much hyped Tenant Fees Act 2019 coming into force on 1 June 2019, landlords and letting agents should now be reviewing their existing…
The Inland Revenue recently named and shamed a number of Estate Agents penalised for failure to register their anti-money laundering business practices with HMRC. Countrywide,…
As of 1 April 2019 letting agents must join a Client Money Protection (CMP) scheme or face fines of up to £5,000 for trading illegally.…
Whilst 2018 has come and gone, the controversial topic of estate agents receiving referral fees from solicitors continues to make conveyancing news. With the National…
