Background This case study provides an interesting example highlighting how timely and pragmatic Groundsure advice can help our customers achieve a substantially better outcome. Despite physical risks at the property being identified, it was not considered that these necessitated immediate…
Reservation Agreements may be a way forward for providing home buyers and sellers with more certainty, says a residential property law specialist at CA member firm, Gordon Brown Law Firm LLP (GBLF). Geoff Hall, Head of Residential Conveyancing at Gordon…
Two out of every three buyers and sellers have experienced a fall through in the last year Buyers and sellers changing their minds is the leading cause of sales falling through (29%) Problems identified on the survey is the second…
This month’s coverage has covered a real variety of topics and issues, and shows the breadth of the work carried out by the CA, and the areas in which its opinion is needed and actively sought. From mortgage prisoners to…
Beginning in September 2018 a study was commissioned by the Scottish Government, and undertaken by consultancy RSK Stirling, to investigate the prevalence of carbon dioxide from disused mineral mines and the implications for residential buildings1. On 5th September 2019 the…
Halloween is nearly upon us, and bringing with it thoughts of ghosts, skeletons and spooky cemeteries. Graveyards have long been considered scary places thanks to the corpses beneath our feet, but probably not because of the contamination risk they can…