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The Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has issued two guidance notes to support the new digital products included in the MHCLG Roadmap roll-out. While the RLBA explained it understood ‘Non-Statutory Guidance’ from the Ministry of Housing,
The Bank of England has raised interest rates 0.25% from 3.75% to 4% in a widely expected move following the latest meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The MPC voted resoundingly to change the
A two day hearing on whether a class action against property portal Rightmove should proceed on an opt-out basis or require businesses to register individually has concluded with no decision made as yet. A Competition
Average mortgage rates have hit their highest levels since the end of 2023 as lenders respond to the prospect of a Bank of England interest rate rise today. Despite reports major lenders have cut interest
Details of the pricing thresholds for the newly launched Your First Home scheme have been published by the government. The scheme, announced in the budget last week, supports 2.5% deposits, backed by 20% government-backed equity
Catherine joined Groundsure in 2011 as a GIS technician and has taken on various roles before becoming customer engagement director in 2025. As customer engagement director, Catherine is responsible for Groundsure’s marketing, customer support and
Avoidable requisition rates continue to see an overall fall following the publication of the latest data from HM Land Registry. The data, covering April 2026 to September 2026, shows 75,581 “Applications with Fully Avoidable Requisitions”
Conveyancers will be “central to the successful delivery of the government’s recently announced Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap” said the government in its Professional and Business Services Jobs Plan published by the Department for
Legal-focused mental health and wellbeing charity LawCare has confirmed the appointment of Mark Evans as its new Chief Executive. Evans’ takes up the role having completed his term as President of the Law Society of
September’s housing market figures tell a “familiar tale” said one market commentator in response to the latest HMRC transaction numbers which showed the “market is neither sinking nor swimming, just treading water” ahead of the
A couple have lost a four-year boundary battle over a 48cm “sliver” of land after trying to force their neighbours to demolish a kitchen wall that had been there for 22 years. Susannah and Chris
A new AI-assisted planning tool will help to speed up planning decisions said the government which, alongside the recruitment of 420 planners through government-backed programmes, would see “families, shopkeepers and pub landlords get decisions sooner.”
The start of a £1.5 billion claim against property portal Rightmove will be heard in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) this week with the initial hearing set to determine if the tribunal allows the case
Alongside the release of the latest avoidable requisition rates data from HM Land Registry now released, Andrew Robertson, Head of Customer Policy & Service Improvement joins the latest Today’s Conveyancer podcast to explore the significant
HM Land Registry has launched two consultations on fees and access to its data as part of efforts to “increase the public value of [the agency’s] data and improve access to land ownership information”. Open
The equity release market remains broadly stable with negligible changes to lending and customer numbers compared with the previous quarter. But, reported the Equity Release Council (ERC) in its latest quarterly figures, lending was down
Lender panel intermediary Legal Marketing Services (LMS) has announced it has partnered with technology provider Veyco to enable the digital signing of mortgage deeds through Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES). While the use of QES is
Ben Mills is chief commercial officer at Law Firm Services, home of Minerva. He has more than two decades of experience in legal technology, spanning sales, leadership and product innovation. Before joining Law Firm Services
Over 150 signatories have lent their support to calls for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to review its thinking on plans to remit a proportion of the interest earned on lawyers’ client accounts in England
New contractual control agreements are set to come into effect from April 2027 requiring option agreements, conditional contracts and pre-emption rights, amongst others agreements, to be submitted digitally to HM Land Registry (HMLR). To prepare
Conveyancers and the wider property market have been challenged to meaningfully engage with upcoming reforms to the process of transacting properties if they are to “retain their competitor advantage and customer confidence” warned the Open
The biggest boost the budget could provide to the property market would be to create the conditions for lower mortgage rates said Zoopla in it’s latest House Price Index ahead of the autumn budget on
The Solicitors Regulations Authority has confirmed it will “work with stakeholders, including through working groups” to identify alternatives to the proposals to separate compliance officer roles from those with unilateral decision making. Last month the
Efforts to save as much as £800 million by stripping back outdated paperwork, unnecessary form filling, and extending suspensions on tariffs for business have been announced by the government. Included amongst the plans is a
As the saying so nearly goes, what a difference a year makes. Ben Robinson and Rob Gurney of Landmark join podcast host David Opie to reflect on the last 12 months in the property market
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has urged its regulated community, and others, to “take action” in the wake of an issue with the PHP programming language used by many websites and technology companies. A
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) avoided the threatened vote of no confidence at the Law Society’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) despite widespread support for opposition to the proposed separation of COLP and COFA roles from
The property market could bounce back if affordability pressures ease suggest Rightmove in their latest house price index. The property portal said sales activity has show “resilience, with deals still being done for the right
The deadline to take advantage of the early bird entry rate for The British Conveyancing Awards 2027, sponsored by Groundsure, is midnight tonight (Monday 19th October). Early bird entry, which entitles entrants to submit entries
Avoidable requisitions fell by nearly 50% from 2022 to 2025 according to analysis by HM Land Registry. Writing in Today’s Conveyancer, Andrew Robertson, head of customer policy at the agency said the overall number of
Conveyancers are expected to treat the accuracy of their post completion applications to HM Land Registry as a “core professional responsibility” with regulatory consequences for persistent failure. Post-completion is an area of “close scrutiny” said
Rising borrowing costs and budget uncertainty is dampening buyer activity despite healthy stock levels and asking-price reductions said Landmark in their latest property market overview. The group’s Q3 2026 Residential Property Trends report shows a