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Registers consults on permanent digital system
Views invited on legislation to follow COVID-19 measures

Lindsays predicts strong 2021 property market
Demand continues following record four month period

New mortgage chief for Aberdein Considine
Greig Brown heads up business across 19 offices

Scottish house prices forge ahead in latest figures
October sees largest year on year rise since February 2018

Registers announce March restart for application record
Extended advance notices to expire on 11 March

September house prices take an upturn
Scottish average up on previous month and on 12 month view

Scottish Barony Register custodian to hand over duties
Alastair Shepherd to succeed Alastair Rennie from 1 December

Homeowner incentives for energy efficiency extended
Cashback offer on renewable heating and energy efficiency loans

Mortgage fraud did not bar solicitor negligence claim
Policy considerations support enforcing duty of care: Supreme Court

Registers consult on applications fees rise
Increases around 10% proposed for Land Register applications

House prices edge up as market restarts
Small year-on-year rise in Scotland in first months after lockdown

Changes to smoke alarm laws delayed until 2022
MSPs asked to approve an extra year to install detectors

Faculty opposes Land Court and Lands Tribunal merger
Response argues different expertise and approach needed in each body

Homeowner factsheet published on new smoke alarm rules
All homes covered by upgraded standard from February 2021

Registers reports huge use of new digital processes
Keeper reports positive reaction to digital submission service

Inner House affirms limits of servitude access right
Parking on dominant tenement not allowed as means to access adjoining land

Expanded Land Court could take in Tribunal: new paper
Ministers seek views on amalgamation, and other issues

LBTT reduction to take effect from 15 July
Threshold to rise in temporary boost for housing market

Digital sasine service opens next Thursday
Phased introduction for Registers' new submission facility

LBTT threshold to rise – but not quite yet
Only transactions above £250,000 will pay scale rate – once systems ready

Digital sasine registration imminent, RoS announces
Public beta version expected next week as prior testing completes

Wellbeing relevant to vacant land proposals: Commission
Guidance includes wellbeing in factors central to assessing business case

Property market saw 2019-20 gains despite COVID-19
RoS annual market report records price and value growth

Commission states what it expects of trust landowners
Two new protocols set out expectations for trust and charity landowners