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Why do i need a solicitor when buying my home?
18 Nov, 2015/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer, First Time Buyer
You don't. Of course solicitors can tell you many good reasons why you do need their conveyancing services when buying property,
Read moreConveyancing and the digital revolution
13 Nov, 2015/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer
Conveyancing and the Digital Revolution
Read moreAre Land Registry privatisation plans to be scrapped?
22 Nov, 2014/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer, Sale & Purchase
Plans to privatise the Land Registry have been dropped according to a report in the Mail on Sunday newspaper.
Read moreIs buying a property on a short lease a good idea?
19 Oct, 2014/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer, First Time Buyer, Sale & Purchase
Most buyers will have great difficulty in purchasing a flat with a short lease - or indeed any flat where the lease has fewer than 70 years to run.
Read moreShould clients worry about their solicitor's indemnity insurance cover?
25 Jul, 2014/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer, First Time Buyer, Remortgage, Sale & Purchase, Seller, Transfer of Equity
If you are employing a solicitor to carry out your conveyancing you will probably take it for granted that your solicitor has professional indemnity i...
Read moreMore affordable homes to be built as government releases millions
10 Jul, 2014/ by Homeward Legal /First Time Buyer
More affordable homes to be built as Government releases millions
Read moreJudge decides squatters can still claim possessory title to houses
30 Jun, 2014/ by Homeward Legal /Sale & Purchase, Seller
The High Court has recently had to consider a case which quite frankly needed never to have been brought.
Read moreDon't cut mortgage lending‚ get more homes built
26 Jun, 2014/ by Homeward Legal /First Time Buyer
Politicians, bankers and other financial pundits have called for controls on the level of mortgage lending and cuts to the Help to Buy scheme.
Read moreDon't fall into the leasehold property time trap
30 May, 2014/ by Homeward Legal /Lease Extension
Many leases of residential property are granted for 99 years. Learn how the lenght of time remaining on your lease can affect your property value.
Read moreChancel repair liability‚ an unholy mess
10 May, 2014/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer, Sale & Purchase
Some houses stand on land that is still subject to a perpetual liability to contribute towards the cost of repairs to the chancel of the parish church...
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