Heat and Building Strategy

Heat and Building Strategy The UK Heat and Building Strategy, published on the 19th October 2021,  sets out the UK Strategy for decarbonising our homes and our commercial, industrial and public sector buildings, as part of setting a path to net-zero by 2050, from the UK’s 30 million homes and workplaces, which account for almost a quarter of […]

Payment diversion fraud: conveyancing

Payment diversion fraud: conveyancing Criminals are actively targeting property purchases, with the aim of tricking you into transferring them your house deposit and/or the balance of purchase monies to them. This is known as Payment Diversion Fraud. These schemes can be highly sophisticated, and almost always involve the criminals pretending to be your lawyer in […]

Property Information Form (TA6) changes trialed by The Law Society

Changes to property information form

The Law Society proposes changes to the TA6 Digitising the conveyancing process for a post pandemic world What is a Property Information form? A TA6 form or the Property Information Form is a key part of the conveyancing process for both buyers and sellers. An important protocol usually sent by the Solicitor, in essence a […]

Stamp Duty Holiday Extended

Chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak

Stamp Duty Land Tax Holiday Extended Three month extension leads to £1 billion in home owner savings What is stamp duty land tax? Stamp Duty Land Tax or SDLT is a mandatory tax you must pay if you’re purchasing a property or parcel on land in England or Northern Ireland. The amount you pay depends […]