Leasehold reform has been a major focus for the CA throughout July, particularly in light of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation into the sale of leasehold houses which has so far resulted in two firms, Aviva and Persimmon, formally committing to making changes for the benefits of leaseholders. There seems no doubt that […]
It doesn’t need to be said that June was a month where the media has tended to focus on one specific area – the countdown to the stamp duty holiday, how conveyancing firms were coping, what might happen if transactions did not complete before the date, and a whole host of other responses required around […]
May has been a very interesting month for the CA as we have introduced our new Non-Executive Chair, Nicky Heathcote, and begun to outline Nicky’s priorities for her tenure and how she will help shape the Association’s workstreams in the future. The press release to announce her appointment was covered extensively, plus we were able […]
With the initial stamp duty holiday now passed, the conveyancing sector has moved to looking at two future deadlines, namely the end of June, followed by the end of September. Understandably, the focus has shifted onto the ongoing level of work to hit those deadlines, but also looking at the future in terms of how […]
February was another month dominated by calls for the stamp duty holiday to be extended/tapered or smoothed. At the time of writing, the entire industry is waiting for an announcement to be made in the Budget on the 3rd of March – the CA worked with the BBC in February to draw attention to what […]
January was a month in which one issue tended to dominate – the stamp duty holiday deadline and the growing industry calls for a tapering and possible extension. Many CA firms are dealing with workloads far in advance of normal, and there has been a variety of industry statistics focusing on the number of potential […]
December always brings with it a chance to reflect on the year that has passed and what is to come in 2021. What we do know is that the first quarter of 2021 is likely to be incredibly busy for the conveyancing profession as they seek to ensure property transactions complete before the end of […]
October has been a month dominated by one topic – the stamp duty holiday and the combined efforts of the housing industry to draw attention to next year’s deadline and to urge the Government to reconsider whether an extension or a taper wouldn’t be in the best interests of all. The CA has been working […]
This has been a month where almost our entire focus has been on how we can improve the speed of the home buying and selling process. From our regular articles looking at how to keep aborted transactions to a bare minimum, to our support for the Home Buying & Selling Group’s recently-published pledge, the CA […]
Progress has been made in a number of key areas during July, notably the Law Commission’s changes to leasehold and support for commonhold, but also the Land Registry’s acceptance of Qualified Electronic Signatures in conveyancing and it’s release of authoritative data on Registered Leases and Restrictive Covenants data sets for England and Wales. All of […]
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