Are You an ESTAS Contender? The Race to the 2025 ESTAS Awards Is On!

The 2024 ESTAS Awards may be over, but the excitement continues as the industry sets its sights on the 2025 awards. Known for their unique customer-centric approach, The ESTAS Awards are a calendar highlight in the property sector. Winners are determined solely by verified customer reviews, making these awards a true reflection of outstanding service. […]

CQS training courses equips conveyancers with updated compliance, risk management, and service standards in 2025

CQS CPMS

Conveyancers and legal professionals are supported in maintaining their Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) accreditation with the launch of new CQS courses from Access Legal, the leading provider of software and services to the legal market and one of few approved CQS training providers alongside The Law Society. In 2025, the legal sector will continue to face significant challenges […]

Top trends for getting ahead in 2025

Looking ahead at this year, we delve into the biggest trends for the legal sector and how they can be best navigated to build a successful 2025. 1. Deliver exceptional client service With law firms looking to generate more revenue in 2025, there is an understanding across the sector that this can be achieved by […]

Planning and Infrastructure Bill due in Spring to ‘turn the page on the past’

The Labour government have confirmed its Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which contains much of the primary legislation required to enact their plans to build 1.5 million homes in this parliamentary term, will be introduced into Parliament in the Spring, describing the reforms as ‘turning the page on the decline and delay of the past’ Over […]

Nationwide warn affordability pressures remain ‘stretched’ but mortgage approvals up

Nationwide Building Society says mortgage affordability remains ‘stretched’ by historic standards with London and the South East the most affected areas of the country. The North of England and Scotland are the least affected areas according to a recently published report.  Despite what Nationwide’s Senior Economist Andrew Harvey describes as a ‘modest improvement in UK […]

The shortlist for The British Conveyancing Awards 2025

Today (22nd January) the much-anticipated shortlist for The British Conveyancing Awards 2025, sponsored by Groundsure, has been published recognising the incredible work of conveyancers up and down the country and their roles in helping millions move home every year.  The winners wills be announced on 13th March 2025 at the ceremony which is being hosted […]

Pennycook signs to remove two year wait for leaseholders to extend their lease

Matthew Pennycook, Labour MP for Greenwich and Woolwich and Minister of State for Housing and Planning at Ministry for Housing, Government and Local Communities, has taken to X, formerly Twitter, to confirm leaseholders can exercise their right to extend their lease or buy their freehold immediately upon purchasing a leasehold property, rather than wait two […]

‘Delegate Now to Supercharge Your Profits’ – read our first exclusive extract

In a series of short excerpts from a new book, Dan Warburton shares his insight on how law firm owners and senior managers can increase their profits by being better at delegating their workload. Over the course of the next three weeks Today’s Conveyancer is serialising Delegate Now to Supercharge Your Profits with a weekly extract […]

Conveyancing Association Lender Survey launched – have your say

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched its 2025 Lender Survey in an effort to gather feedback from the profession on areas which might potentially cause issues between property market stakeholders. The focus of this years’ survey is looking at ways to improve collaboration between surveyors, valuers, valuation panels, valuation software providers, RICS, and lenders, and […]

Your voice matters – help improve mental health in the legal sector 

Be part of Life in the Law 2025  By Niamh Warnock and Trish McLellan  The legal sector is known for its high-pressure environment, long hours, and demanding workloads, all of which can take a toll on mental health and wellbeing. In 2021, LawCare’s first Life in the Law survey provided groundbreaking insight into these issues. […]

A shift in mindset around collaboration across the property sector

Today's Conveyancer Podcast

In the second episode of the new series of the Today’s Conveyancer podcast former Google-exec turned prop-tech entrepreneur Gemma Young discusses her journey on helping improve the home moving process. In a wide ranging discussion Gemma and Today’s Conveyancer podcast host David Opie explore the work being done to digitise the relationships between estate agents […]