The essential environmental ‘search pack’ for development deals
As a property or real estate lawyer, we know your clients rely on you to foresee risks before they become liabilities. Getting your due diligence right before acquiring a site is essential to understand the site’s development viability. That’s where Landmark and Argyll Environmental can help. With our recently remastered reports, we compile early insight […]
Land registration: Practice guides (PG26)
Leases: determination (PG26) Page summary: How leases are determined and how this affects registered titles (practice guide 26). Change made: Section 4 has been amended to clarify that a deed of surrender must be executed by the tenant. Time updated: 6:00am, 19 January 2026
Case study: Integrated AML checks with The Agent Site
Slow, manual checks across multiple platforms were making it harder for conveyancing firm The Agent Site to get clients legally ready. This was creating more admin for its staff, hurting the client experience, and hindering the firm’s ability to scale and grow. Without API integrations, The Agent Site was performing checks across two disconnected platforms […]
Buyer demand up 57% – Rightmove
Rightmove’s snapshot of January activity shows a 57% increase in buyer demand compared to the two weeks before Christmas, with the number of newly listed homes for sale up 81%. Although activity hasn’t reached the levels seen last year, when it was fuelled by generous stamp duty allowances, demand is in line with levels seen […]
Only one use of QES for HMLR in three months
HM Land Registry (HMLR) has recorded the use of only one e-signature in the three months since it launched the technology for conveyancers, according to a report from Novus Strategy. The home buying and selling consultancy discovered the take-up rate following a freedom of information requestion to HMLR, which invited conveyancers to start using Qualified […]
January conveyancing registrations up 74% since last year
Data from the home moving comparison website reallymoving reveals a 74% increase in conveyancing registrations for the first two weeks in January compared to the same period last year. Combined registrations for conveyancing, survey and removals quotes between 1-15 January increased by 58% between 1-15 January, the company added, indicating that home moving activity is […]
‘Signs of renewed activity are emerging’, Landmark’s latest housing report finds
Property transaction activity in Q4 was dampened by hesitation despite early signs of renewed momentum towards the end of December, Landmark Information Group says in its latest Residential Property Trends Report – but signs of renewed activity are emerging. The property data company attributes external economic and fiscal factors as the cause of buyers and […]
LMS announced as pre- and post-event sponsor at the British Conveyancing Awards – tickets available now
The British Conveyancing Awards is delighted to announced conveyancing technology platform LMS as the sponsor of the pre- and post-awards events, which will be held in Manchester on 12 March. The awards, which see the return of environmental data and property due diligence search provider Groundsure as headline sponsor, recognise and celebrate the work of […]
New CoPSO strategy ‘will help drive digital transformation’
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO), the trade association for the property search industry, has shared a new strategy which it says is designed to strengthen the property market and support its members as the sector embraces digital transformation. The strategy, released as the organisation celebrates its 25-year milestone, reinforces CoPSO’s role as “a […]
Diary of a High Street Conveyancer – When a dream home comes with a £10,000 reservation fee
There was quite a lot I wanted to write about today – the world of conveyancing is forever changing and no two days are the same. But then something came across my desk late on Friday afternoon which I believe deserves a mention. A lovely young couple are clients of mine who have agreed to […]