by Zoe Towlson | Jul 29, 2025 | Churchers News, Residential Conveyancing
Everybody remembers the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. It was a tragic event that highlighted exactly what can go wrong when blocks of flats are constructed with unsuitable materials. In this case, the building was clad with combustible polyisocyanurate insulation....
by Zoe Towlson | Sep 26, 2024 | Churchers News, Residential Conveyancing
The temporary stamp duty changes put in place by the last Government to boost the property market during COVID are coming to an end of 31st March 2025. The current rates (% of the purchase price) are: Property or lease premium or transfer value SDLT rate Up to...
by Zoe Towlson | Dec 15, 2023 | Churchers News, Residential Conveyancing
It is thought that around 13% of properties in England and Wales remain unregistered. For such properties, the only proof of ownership that the owner will have will be a bundle of old title deeds, which can easily be mistaken for old papers and inadvertently thrown...
by Sam Diment | Nov 16, 2022 | buy-sell-home, Churchers News, Residential Conveyancing
Property fraud is an increasing problem in today’s world. This happens when a criminal steals your identity, creates fake identification and then either sells or mortgages the property while pretending to be you. Unfortunately the law does not simply give you your...