Landmark’s Commercial Property Trends Report

The latest edition of Landmark s Commercial Property Trends Report is now live This report provides a detailed examination of the commercial property landscape across England Wales and Scotland tracking critical transactional benchmarks such as

Market analysis reveals that mortgage lending has fallen by 28 6 in the past year but with summer approaching seasonal housing market trends should bring a welcome boost to mortgage lending totals over the coming

As the legal sector sees an increase in usage of generative AI such as ChatGPT the Competition and Markets Authority CMA in the UK have expressed 8216 concerns 8217 with the utilization of more diverse

Legal tech company Lawhive has raised £9 5 million in Seed funding advancing its mission to streamline their services one such venture combining AI with human lawyers Led by GV with participation from Episode 1

There has been a generational decline in homeowners and new research has shown that over half of those on the property ladder with adult children have or expect to help their children financially when buying

New figures have shown the UK 8217 s least attainable addresses with the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham declining in affordability over the last decade with house prices more than doubling to £380 000

A UK 8217 s cloud based mortgage and savings software provider Finova has announced the launch of its new retention portal the latest addition to the company s suite of servicing products for lenders Fully

After a West Yorkshire law firm went into administration in January The Legal Services Board LSB has announced an independent review of the Solicitors Regulation Authority s SRA regulatory actions in the lead up to

The Office for Legal Complaints OLC reached the end of its 2020 23 strategy period in March 2023 Having put in place an interim strategy until the end of March 2024 it has now consulted

The UK shadow Chancellor claims that labour will raise £2 6billion over the course of the next parliament to close what they call 8216 loopholes 8217 in the governments plans to abolish exemptions for people

Tributes have been made to 8216 local land legend 8217 Jan Boothroyd who passed away on March 1 after a long battle with cancer at the age of 67 Jan has been described as 8216

Nationwide has published its house price index for March with the building society 8217 s Chief Economist saying the property market has remained 8216 relatively subdued 8217 by historic standards House prices have bounced back

Demand for prime London homes valued at above £2M had declined in the first financial quarter according to the latest analysis Super prime property valued at above £10M has also seen a drop in demand

Those in the legal sector need to 8217 embrace AI or risk being replaced 8217 as the use of AI tools in the workplace rises The warning comes from Paul Sams Head of Property at

Yesterday the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill had its second reading in the House of Lords and comes as ministers are being squeezed to alter the legislation including the cessation of fleecehold estates which have

New research produced by global property consultancy Knight Frank and law firm Irwin Mitchell reveal that planning remains one of the largest challenges for the Seniors Housing market as nearly a third of councils across

BRE calls for next government to raise the bar on UK building standards with micro investment zones and AI adoption in a bid to reduce carbon emissions The building industry is the country 8217 s

estate agents fined for money laundering

In recent months the Solicitors Regulation Authority SRA has issued record fines to firms for compliance and anti money laundering AML failings The Law Society has issued new guidance to help its members Law Society

Cyber conveyancer

A provider of digital compliance and anti money laundering AML software announced last week that it has signed an agreement to receive a significant equity investment from Triple Private Equity With its investment Triple will

The National Leasehold Campaign NLC have commented on potential leasehold reforms stating that the government have 8216 gone soft 8217 following proposed reforms around leasehold being 8216 quietly axed 8217 The National Press has suggested

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