Time to move on. The time has come for me to step down as Chairman of IPSA – Association of Independent Personal Search Agents has been a privilege to lead this army of independent, enthusiastic and determined smaller search firms as we continue to have a presence in a search market dominated by high […]
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With some house sales taking a staggering eight months to complete, delays in the search system often get the blame – but it doesn’t have to be like that. Research from Zoopla says it now takes between 17 and 34 weeks to complete a house sale in the UK. Many conveyancing lawyers quote two to […]
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When you’re a busy conveyancer looking for someone to complete your property search reports quickly, accurately and for a good price, why should you choose a local independent agent instead of one of the big national companies? Well, there are lots of good reasons to choose a local agent! They know their patch Regulations […]
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Property searches ‘becoming a lottery’
A ‘postcode lottery’ is affecting home buyers across the UK with some prospective purchasers waiting up to three months for vital property searches. Property search experts IPSA say the delays stifling some parts of the housing market are sometimes unavoidable – but there are ways of speeding up transactions for the benefit of buyers. Andrew […]
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The Chancellor’s failure to overhaul stamp duty in the Budget was a missed opportunity to reinvigorate the property market, according to the UK’s organisation which conducts property and land searches for the industry. Andrew Prismall, chairman of the Association of Independent Search Agents (IPSA), said: “We would prefer stamp duty to be scrapped completely, because […]
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