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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IPSA network welcomes new faces
The Association of Independent Personal Search Agents is delighted to welcome four new members as it continues to strengthen its nationwide profile. Move Reports UK in Wolverhampton, Safe Search in Southport, Legal Brokers in Bury and Pavilion Property Searches in Brighton have all recently joined IPSA. IPSA chairman Andrew Prismall welcomed the new members to […]
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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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