Evolving NLIS: Key market research insights
Land Data is exploring ways in which NLIS can evolve to streamline and improve the Official Searches market, supporting stable property transactions for consumers. In Spring 2025 Land Data appointed TPX Impact and Alpha Property Insight to undertake an extensive market research programme to better understand the needs of the searches market. With support from the Ministry of Housing, Communities […]
Land registration: Practice guides
Registration of legal charges and deeds of variation of charge (PG29) Page summary: Advice for conveyancers on registration of legal charges and deeds of variation (practice guide 29). Change made: Section 4 has been amended to give guidance on how to remove a note in the charges register entered pursuant to section 859H of the […]
Kate Faulkner OBE: What impact could Trump’s tariffs have on mortgages in the UK?
With Trump’s tariff wars already sending financial markets yoyo-ing up and down and the likelihood that these trade wars will negatively impact both global and local economies, including the UK at some point, this is likely to affect the mortgage market, too. As evidence of this, it’s only a short time ago that we experienced […]
CCC warns 25% of properties at risk of flooding, ahead of updated Law Society guidance
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has published its latest progress report, and warns an increasing number of properties will be at risk of flooding or overheating but the UK’s preparations are ‘inadequate’, ‘piecemeal’ and ‘disjointed’. The report comes ahead of the Law Society’s practice note on climate risk, which is set to be published on […]
Silver lining for first time buyers, as Yopa finds improvement in ‘affordability ratio’
An analysis by Yopa suggests that first time buyer affordability is at the best level in 10 years, which the estate agency says has been driven by an increase in average annual earnings. This is despite the fact that the average price of a first home has increased by 63% in the last decade, whilst […]
What is meant by ‘modernising’ the home move?
Since Labour came to power 12 months ago they have made home ownership one of their key messages. The headlines have focused on their ambitions to build 1.5m new homes over the course of this Parliament and in February they announced they would be ‘modernising’ home buying and selling process to make it fit for […]