Inflation slows as attention turns to base rate to ease affordability pressures
Average UK house price annual inflation provisionally estimated by HM Land Registry was 2.7% in the 12 months to May 2026, down from a revised estimate of 3.9% in the 12 months to April 2026. The average monthly increase is 0.3%. The slowdown in the annual rate was driven by the aftermath of last year’s […]
Remortgage activity ‘returns to normal after March spike’
Remortgage activity has returned to normal following the spike seen in March, according to the latest Q2 2026 statistics from conveybuddy. The latest quarterly figures show purchase/sale transactions increased as a proportion of overall instructions during Q2, accounting for 63% of all cases compared to 57% in Q1. At the same time, remortgage instructions returned […]
Charities receive £32,500 thanks to conveyancing initiatives
Donations totalling £32,500 have been shared among UK charities thanks to the initiatives of two firms in the conveyancing sector. Conveyancing and property services group Simplify (pictured) has donated £22,500 to nine charities via the Simplify Charitable Trust, which aims to make a meaningful difference in local communities across the UK. Airedale Baby and Children’s […]
HMLR email changes ‘will strengthen security’
HM Land Registry is changing the way it sends application-related correspondence via email, including requisitions, letters and notices. From late August, documents will be available via a secure link in an email, instead of a PDF sent as an attachment. The move is designed the increase security and simplicity, HMRL said. A secure link within […]
Article 15 – AI Capability has arrived. Adoption is now the whole contest
Last week’s data settled whether agentic AI can transform legal work. The harder question it exposed is why some teams reorganise around that capability in months while others leave it on the shelf. Ed Molyneux on the capability-adoption gap, and why conveyancing’s capacity crunch makes it the sector with the most to gain and the […]