It is not the first time that someone’s house has been sold from underneath them by property fraudsters but nevertheless the tale of Reverend Mike Hall’s house being sold while he was working away is shocking. Reverend Hall was astonished…
The trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association (CA), have today (22nd November 2021) launched updated versions of the LPE1 (Leasehold Property Enquiries), LPE2 (Consumer summary) and FME1 (Freehold Management…
With COP26 well underway, we have heard many world leaders’ speeches proclaiming that the time to act and deliver on our promises is now. Commitments to reduce emissions over decades seem to run in the face of real and present…
The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (3rd November 2021) announced details of its 2021 Annual Conference & Dinner taking place at the ICC Wales & Celtic Manor Resort on the 2nd December 2021. With…
It is easy to assume that, if your client’s property is in an urban area, your due diligence on the transaction would not need to involve purchasing a mining report – but Groundsure’s vast collection of historical mining data tells…
The high value of money involved in the home buying process, makes the sector an illicit target for fraudsters. This week a particularly shocking case of a man’s house being ‘stolen’ was reported by the BBC. The staggering realisation that…