Right to Buy Conveyancing
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A Cautionary Tale for Right to Buy Conveyancing Lawyers
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has criticised South Oxfordshire Council for omitting to properly inform buyers of ex-council houses under the right to buy scheme about the restrictions affecting their properties. In two distinct complaints the home-buyers involved had purchased former council-owned houses some years ago. It is of course likely that the complainants had…
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Right to Buy Conveyancing – 2013 to 2014, Quarter 1
Key points from the latest statistical evidencing an increase in right-to-buy conveyancing are: in 2013 to 2014 quarter 1, local authorities sold an estimated 2,149 dwellings under the Right to Buy scheme; this is nearly 5 times the 443 sold in the same quarter of the previous year there were approximately 300 fewer sales in…