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Logbooks about properties must be made available up-front at the point of marketing and not later in the buying process if...

The director of strategy at the Council for Licensed Conveyancers says “the onus is very much on estate agents” to respond...

Politicians and officials are studying a ‘model’ two page reservation agreement drawn up by a law firm as a possible way...

It’s been revealed that the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is to deliver new guidelines to agents for referral fees...

It’s been revealed that 37 regulated conveyancing firms have repelled attempted frauds in the past year. But 11 conveyancing firms have actually...

A government minister has told the estate agency industry that it must be more transparent over the issue of referral fees. In...

Some conveyancers must publish some price and service information on their websites and in other media from December 6, according to...

New rules set out by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), which aim to support consumer choice, have been approved by...

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers says it wants legal practice websites to list cost information, including whether they have referral arrangements. The...

As the process of making buying and selling more transparent continues to gather pace, the body that regulates conveyancers says it...

The conveyancing industry regulator has thrown its weight behind the government’s proposals to improve the buying and selling process.  Stephen Ward, director of strategy...

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The body that regulates conveyancers says controversial referral fees should be disclosed earlier in the house buying process - but they...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

A conveyancing body says it wants the government to allocate “a small fund” in next week’s Budget to promote research into...

The Competition and Markets Authority has released a set of recommendations on how conveyancing, and other legal services, could be made...

When it comes to the regulation of the conveyancing industry, this question is a topic of open and ongoing debate. Licensed conveyancers...

The issue of some estate agents insisting that buyers and/or sellers use a particular solicitor or conveyancer has reared its ugly...