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What can you do to expedite transactions before First Time Buyer Stamp Duty Relief ends?  Well for starters you could instruct the Fridaysmove FTB taskforce for your Conveyancing

First Time Buyers who intend to take advantage of the stamp duty exemption for house purchases below £250,000 must act fast. With the March deadline for completions, property market specialists predict many hopeful first-timers will miss out.

Increasingly I am being asked by clients about my thoughts on the outlook for house prices in 2012.  I think this is primarily down to the increasingly wild disparity between the conjecture in the press.Obviously there has never been a crystal ball on house prices but never has it felt more...

Are government proposals to criminalise residential squatting a concern for Conveyancing Solicitors?Squatting is not something that usually affects Conveyancing Solicitors, except in the context of title being claimed by adverse possession. However, recently reports of squatters taking...

Will the housing market for buy-to-let property be affected by an impending change in Local Housing Allowance (LHA)?The demand for rented properties shows no signs of slowing down, as increasing numbers elect to rent rather than buy as a result of financial uncertainty, a sluggish property market,...

Countrywide Conveyancing has announced the launch of a specialist new build Conveyancing teamThe department will service both developers and buyers of new homes.The complexities of new build purchases, together with various government initiatives available to new buyers, make it more important...

Local councils across Yorkshire are owed an estimated £5 million from developers, but it's the current property owners who may have to pay upConveyancing Solicitors acting for homebuyers are tasked to uncover any agreements or covenants which may affect the home they wish to purchase. These...

Stamp Duty Mitigation is not being presented to home buyers in a balanced fashion and there is distinct absence of balanced argument about the subject on the web.

 ‘What is Gazanging?’ was the question on every home buyer and seller’s lips last month – but it has quickly become a (feared) household phrase among Conveyancing Solicitors and smarter homemovers.Whether or not Gazanging really exists, one thing is certain, the...