The average UK house price is now a record £253,374 according to the Halifax – but the rate of growth is slowing. The latest index shows house prices at the end of December were 6.0… 

Leading leasehold experts have sharply criticised the much-hyped reforms announced by the government last week. The Leasehold Group of Companies – formerly led by the late Louie Burns – has described the reforms as “window dressing” and has called for timescales… 

Millions of leaseholders will be given the right to extend their lease by a maximum term of 990 years at zero ground rent, the Housing Secretary Robert  Jenrick has announced. Under the current law freeholders can… 

There’s growing optimism that an extension to the stamp duty holiday – thought to be off the agenda just days ago – may now happen because of delays in property transactions during the new lockdown.… 

A leading property law expert says agents with international clients in parts of Europe should prepare for additional processes which may be a consequence of Brexit. The UK has been part of an overall data… 

A mortgage lender says it will now accept ‘no-search indemnity insurance’ for residential purchases in a bid to speed up the current transaction process logjam. Foundation Home Loans – an intermediary-only lender – says conveyancing… 

The Chancellor has announced new measures to help businesses in the light of the lockdown announced in the past 24 hours. The measures announced so far are: – One-off top-up grants for retail, hospitality and… 

A trade body has called on House Secretary Robert Jenrick to intervene over the growing problem of delays in councils providing search information to buyers and conveyancers. The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) says… 

Many agents have been operating under Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions for some days, but today sees another 20 million residents in England jointing this toughest tier of controls. The new areas are in the Midlands,…