A number of local authorities are changing the price of their CON29 and LLC1 searches from 1st April 2020. The table below shows the revised prices for authorities within the Severn Trent region, where known. This table will be updated regularly as more authorities announce their new prices. We will also note in the table those authorities confirming their prices are remaining the same as present. Where a new price has yet to be announced, the current price is shown.
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New Coal Authority prices from 1st April 2020
Due to the current Coronavirus crisis, the Coal Authority have postponed their planned price increase for a period of six months. These are now scheduled for October 2020. Further information can be found here.
The Coal Authority have announced new prices for their range of residential and commercial mining reports from Wednesday 1st April 2020. These new prices are shown in the tables below:
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Delays to Highways extent searches – Staffordshire County Council
We have been informed of delays to Highways Extent searches from Staffordshire County Council.
Due to resource levels, Staffordshire County Council have taken the decision to stop accepting searches for Highways Extent searches from Friday 14th February. This will be in place for the next 6-8 weeks. Orders received after this date are not able to be processed by the Council. All other searches will be processed as normal.
Please check the Staffordshire County Council website for further updates.
Homecheck Professional Environment – Environmental risk report
This month’s highlighted product of the month is Homecheck Professional Environment, an environmental risk report from Landmark Information Group.
The report highlights multiple key environmental hazards. Each report comes with a consultant’s professional opinion and public liability cover of up to £10 million.
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Property Report Infographics – February 2020
Highlights from the February 2020 property report:-
- House prices annual change percentage – October 2019 data
Wales has a 2.1% gain when compared to last year, whereas the East of England shows a 1.6% loss - House prices annual change percentage – two year comparison (November 2019/18/17 data)
Leicestershire shows the most combined growth – 6.95% (2017), 6.35% (2018) & 3.35% (2019) - Mortgage trends buyer comparisons – November 2019 data
Homeowner remortgages with equity withdrawn made a 5.7% gain on last year - Sales trend Q3 2019 sales comparison by County
Counties were on average 8.1% up on last month but 10.2% down on Q3 2018 - Mortgage lenders – market share 2018
58% of all mortgage lending in the UK goes through the top five providers