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Rob Houghton, CEO of reallymoving joins the Today’s Conveyancer Podcast to discuss what home moving was like before the iPhone. reallymoving.com is a comparison site for for home moving services and recently celebrated 25 years
Borrowers are split on whether to opt for two or five year terms on remortgages as uncertainty over Bank of England interest rate cuts continues. 45% of remortgages were done on a two year term,
Midlands firm Flint Bishop has appointed former Head of Technology Change at Simply Conveyancing Property Lawyers to Brinder Vijsir, to the role of Head of Technology Innovation; a strategic addition that ‘reinforces our commitment to
The impending stamp duty deadline is ‘distorting’ the the underlying demand picture with weakening sentiment in February a result of time running out for new enquiries to take advantage of reliefs for first time buyers.
Legal technology has been allocated a further £1.5m in government investment designed to help startups attract further private investment said Justice Minister Sarah Sackman KC MP in a speech to professionals at the first-ever UK
Consultant-style law firm Taylor Rose says it has reported a 94% increase in the number of conveyancing instructions it has dealt with when compared to the same time last year. In January and February 2025
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has announced Nick Hawkins has been appointed Chair of the Adjudication Panel, taking over from current chair, Victoria Goodfellow from 24th March 2025. Hawkins is a barrister by profession,
Market analysis indicates home sellers whose property could be considered prime targets for first time buyers have cut asking prices in order to capitalise on the rush to buy before the current stamp duty reliefs
Wessex Searches has become the latest conveyancing search information provider to be awarded a channel license for the National Land Information Service (NLIS). Wessex Searches becomes the fifth channel license, joining Dye & Durham, Searchflow,
Reading-based Boyes Turner has welcomes a new head of residential property, bolstering the firms’ property team which has maintained its Tier 1 Ranking in the Legal 500 for the last 11 years. Emily Neale joins
Further details of plans to streamline the planning system and prevent developments from being unnecessarily blocked have been confirmed ahead of the introduction of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill this week. The bill includes ‘significant
The overall cost, and return on investment, is putting home owners off making energy efficiency improvements to their homes according to research from the Building Societies Association (BSA). Although around a quarter (23%) of the
The planning and infrastructure bill could see councillors stripped of powers to block building projects in an effort to increase planning capacity and deliver on the 1.5m promised new homes in this Parliament. The Times
Lenders could relax stress testing rules in an effort to improve access to mortgages as interest rates fall. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is reminding lenders of flexibility in their mortgage rules as the current
The Irish government is considering how might digitise its property market and is looking to the experiences of England and Wales as it begins its journey; inviting property professionals from the UK to present to
Minister of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Matthew Pennycook MP has written to the Chair of HM Land Registry Board to outline the government’s expectations for the body as it ramps up activity
Podcast host David Opie is joined by CEO of the charity LawCare, Elizabeth Rimmer, to discuss their latest “Life in the Law” surveys which are now open for completion until Friday 21st March. LawCare supports
Simplify say it is investing heavily in staff recruitment and retention, including cultivating trainees from within its organisation. The home moving group have recruited 150 conveyancers, including 82 trainees, since June 2024, developing them through
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has moved to reiterate their position on the disqualification of Lloyd Davies after he published an apology in Today’s Conveyancer this week. Accusing the CLC of ‘incompetent and draconian
A prominent family lawyer has won her fight to recognise the rights of expectant parents who suffer a miscarriage before 24 weeks of pregnancy following the inclusion of bereavement leave in an amendment to the
A law firm specialising in leasehold has reported a 200% increase in the volume of enquiries in the wake of reforms to leasehold tenure. London-based Osbornes Law say they have seen the sizeable increase in
An Essex law firm has beaten its own target of £10,000 to raise £15,000 for a charity dedicated to supporting disabled individuals in achieving greater independence and equality. Throughout 2024, the team at PCS Legal
Former Convey Law Managing Director Lloyd Davies has been permanently disqualified from being regulated by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) following an adjudication panel decision in which he was found guilty of misconduct and
Following promises to reform the ‘feudal’ tenure system the Government have unveiled plans to introduce commonhold as the default tenure for new flats in a move that could ultimately see leasehold phased out over time.
Conveyancing is ‘done to’ consumers, rather than them being active participants in the process, engendering a misunderstanding of the role and importance of conveyancing and leaving home movers frustrated with little recourse to put things
A further banking outage on the final day of the month has left the home moving sector enraged as conveyancers faced an uphill battle to get transactions complete. This latest event lays bare the challenges
Property momentum is building to deliver c.1.15m property transactions with both Rightmove and Zoopla predicting a 5% uplift on volumes over the course of 2025. Zoopla’s latest House Price Index indicates double digit growth across
Reforms to the planning system could see house building delivered three times faster as the Labour government continue to tackle its manifesto pledge to build 1.5m in this Parliament. In a Ministerial Statement, Housing Minister
Secondary legislation to the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 comes into effect from Monday 3rd March enabling leaseholders within a mixed-use scheme to qualify for the Right to Manage (RTM) when the commercial element
HM Land Registry say an enhanced checking service will be available to all customers submitting applications through the Business Gateway-enabled software that will stop unnecessary requisitions by preventing ‘simple administrative errors’ from being submitted. Verification
The average time from conveyancers being instructed to completion for purchase transactions was 120 days in 2024, against 123 days in 2023; and for sale transactions that lengthened to 160 days in 2024, up slightly
What a week! so much seemed to happen in such a short space of time, culminating with another outage at a Bank on the last Friday and the last day of a very busy month.