OneSearch Direct have informed us that the price of their local authority searches will be increasing from Monday 6th December.
The residential search will now be £68.00 (£81.60 incl. VAT).
Commercial searches will now cost £81.75 (£98.10 incl. VAT).
You can read more about residential OneSearches here and commercial here.
Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
A number of local authorities are amending their prices from Thursday 1st April. The table below shows which authorities within the Severn Trent region are affected. Authorities who have confirmed they will not be amending their prices are also included. Other authorities will be added once we have confirmation of their pricing.
Continue reading “New local authority prices from 1st April”
The current stamp duty holiday comes to an end on 31st March 2021. It has provided an invaluable boost to the housing industry during the COVID-19 crisis, and driven mortgage approvals to levels not seen in over a decade.
Although many within the housing industry are calling on the government to extend this holiday, there is little indication that they are likely to agree to this request.
Continue reading “Don’t miss the stamp duty holiday”
Gloucester City Council have advised us of an increase in their search fees from Monday 22nd June 2020.
The standard search fee will increase from £151.00 to £166.00. This applies to both residential and commercial searches, and includes our admin fee.
The change will apply automatically on our systems from 22nd July.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Stratford-Upon-Avon District Council have provided us with the following update regarding their CON29 and LLC1 searches:
“In adhering to government advice Stratford-on-Avon District Council have had to make a decision on which services they can viably sustain during the current Coronavirus Emergency.
As Land Charge systems do not facilitate homeworking in part or full Stratford-on-Avon District Council have temporarily suspended the acceptance of any NEW search requests (Official and Personal). We aim to try and complete all those currently committed in the system as soon as possible in order of date received (oldest to newest).
At the point we are able to resume accepting new (Official and Personal) search requests we will inform all our customers and update our website accordingly.
We will do all we can to work through our backlog.”
The council had previously announced that they would be implementing new prices for these searches in April. They currently intend to review these once they reopen.
