Nationwide predicts what we can expect from the housing market in 2025

Nationwide have taken a look back at the housing market in 2024, and have predicted what lies ahead in the coming months – forecasting the upcoming changes to stamp duty will ‘generate volatility’. Nationwide bosses have said that changes to stamp duty are likely to cause angst, as buyers bring forward their purchases to avoid […]
Planning reforms set out to save species and remove ‘broken status quo’

Planning proposals to boost the number of houses being built include a ‘win-win’ for both the economy and the environment as the UK government promises 1.5million new homes for the country. The government say they will focus on protecting the natural habitat of wild animals with a new ‘Nature Restoration Fund’ that would enable developers […]
Regulator aims to stamp out money laundering – dishing out six fines in three days

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has clamped down on firms failing to meet anti-money laundering standards – dishing out six sanctions in the space of three days. The SRA has ended the year with a slew of fines, boosting the total levied in relation to AML breaches to £600,000. Almost 50 firms have been met […]
CPRE chief executive Roger Mortlock comments on ‘painfully slow’ delivery of new homes

The Government has made some significant changes to national planning policy in a bid to deliver 370,000 homes a year. Labour believes the updated national planning policy framework will help them succeed where other governments have failed and provide a much-needed boost to economic growth. Commenting on the National Planning Policy Framework, published today, CPRE chief executive Roger […]
Fairy Tale of New Home – Legal Chorus returns with festive charity single

A collection of conveyancers and suppliers to the property market have returned to deliver their unique version of The Pogue’s Fairy Tale of New York in a Christmas charity single fundraising initiative. Fairy Tale of New Home is a property market themed take on the traditional Christmas song, regaling the stories of efforts to move […]
Rightmove predicts 1.15m transactions in 2025

The annual jostling around predictions for the 2025 property is well underway with Rightmove the latest to lend its thoughts on what the 2025 property market might look like. The headlines from the property portal’s predictions include an uplift in transaction volumes; a series of Bank of England base rate cuts throughout the year, and a […]
Labour sets out planning reforms and Golden Rules for 1.5m homes

In an effort to build the 1.5m new homes the Labour party committed to in its election manifesto, the government has announced major changes to planning rules in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) including additional money for council planning offices, and mandatory housing targets for councils. A series of Golden Rules have been introduced […]
Diary of a High Street Conveyancer: A Christmas carol for conveyancers…

It has been an eventful year and I support , congratulate and thank all conveyancers throughout the country for just being there. It helps that we know that we are all going through the same trials and tribulations of helping people move house but just remember that without us, the public could not move house. […]
“Value over volume” for newly launched legal recruitment business

A new recruitment agency dedicated to the legal services sector has opened its doors to ‘address the evolving needs of the legal sector’ says its founders. VacantC Legal Recruitment has been co-founded by Bold Legal Group CEO Rob Hailstone, and technology executive Craig Taylor who was until recently Chief Revenue Officer at Thread Legal Software […]
Market enters 2025 with momentum but proceed with caution – RICS

A fifth successive month of increased buyer demand will see the property market enter 2025 in rude but there is a warning from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors a reduction in market appraisals could see a slowdown in the opening months of next year. The data is taken from RICS monthly UK Residential Survey, […]