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A property lawyer has joined Yorkshire-based estate agency North Residential as Head of Sales Support to help ‘bridge the gap between clients, estate agents and conveyancers.’ With 33 years experience, most recently at Berwins Solicitors
The Bank of England has cut interest rates from 4.75% to 4.5%; despite inflation remaining at 2.5%, 0.5% above the current target of 2%. An ‘unexpected’ fall in the December inflation figures, from 2.6% to
A sizeable rise in mortgage searches in January has reaffirmed the positive start to 2025 with purchase mortgage searches through advisor portal Twenty7tec up 85% in January 2025 against December 2024. Searches for first time
Nearly 3,500 historic planning applications could be reviewed and approved following the reclassification of green belt land to grey belt; releasing land that could yield 27,000 new homes. Data from development site sourcing firm Searchland
Over half of home movers relocate upto 10 miles from their current residence according to research into 28,000 home moves. Data collated by home moving comparison site Compare My Move shows 27% of movers stay
Settlement and digital exchange platform PEXA have announced a further two senior hires as it ramps up ahead of the launch of its sale and purchase proposition later in the year. James Foster and Paul
Properties listed in the first quarter of the year have the highest completion rate with 66% of properties listed in February or March going on to sell; closely followed by April and January. The data
The Renters’ Right Bill, which is working its way through Parliament and had its second reading in the House of Lords this week, has been welcomed by the Law Society of England and Wales, but
The government has launched a consultation on a new ‘strategic approach to managing land use’ in England. A ‘Land Use Framework’ will use ‘the most sophisticated land use data and toolkit ever published in our
Major lenders are withdrawing mortgage offers for properties with fire safety certificates issued by a fire engineering company amid concerns about the ‘accuracy and vigour’ of the work. Although there is no formal register of
Three members of staff from Derby-based property, legal and financial firm, Sort Group, are celebrating a decade of service with the company; the first non-founders of Sort Group to achieve the milestone. Carolyn Mars, Group
Conveyancers were left in limbo again on Friday as an outage at Barclays bank left many firms and individuals unable process payments and complete transactions. On Sunday the bank confirmed services were up and running
Home ownership rates remained stable in 2024 at 65% reflecting a general trend over the last 10 years. Over half of homeowners own their property outright (55%), a figure that has increased by 1.3m in
HMRC transaction data from December suggests the scene could be set for a Bank of England interest rate reduction next week with the Money Policy Committee meeting on Thursday 6th February. Housing transactions were up
A new training series aimed at risk managers, compliance officers and senior leaders in law firms has been launched by Today’s Media, the publishers of Today’s Conveyancer. It will be hosted as part of the
National Conveyancing Week 2025 (March 17th – 21st) is set to be the biggest yet with the backing of over 600 law firms and property professionals, say organisers. Law firms, estate agents, brokers, and industry
In a series of short excerpts from a new book, Dan Warburton shares his insight on how law firm owners and senior managers can increase their profits by being better at delegating their workload. Over
How do law firms choose the right technology? Its a conundrum many law firms face and with so much technology available to them, how can they be sure they’re selecting the right option for them?
I know that I did not write a diary entry last week… and do you know the reason why? Because, I, like you, am struggling. I am finding it hard to stay on top of
A 156% increase in the number of home owners paying their mortgage into their 70’s ‘paints a striking picture of how financial pressures are reshaping homeownership’ says wealth management and financial services firm Quilter. Mortgage
The Conveyancing Association, which claims to collectively conduct c.14% of all property transactions and 62% of all remortgage transactions in England and Wales, is celebrating its member and affiliates success ahead of The British Conveyancing
There were few surprises in Rachel Reeves’ speech to business leaders at Siemens Healthineers in which the Chancellor outlined plans to ‘go further and faster to kickstart economic growth.’ Throughout the last week Labour have
Further evidence of a positive start to the property market in 2025 is revealed in the latest House Price Index from Zoopla who say the first four weeks of January have been the busiest for
Sentiment amongst estate agents suggests many are concerned a ‘market correction’ in the form of a slow down in transactions and house prices could happen following the end of stamp duty first time buyer exemptions
Software designed to automate the filing of an AP1, stamp duty returns with HMRC and HMLR, and processing mortgage offers digitally to reduce errors, requisitions and manual data entry has been launched with the backing
Plans to build 1.5m homes in the course of this Parliament could be impacted by a shortage of planning officers, with some council vacancy levels at almost 50% according to a recent Freedom of Information
A new property listing portal has introduced a new way to search for their dream home, enabling home movers to enter descriptive words into the search bar to identify property features they are looking for.
Law firm Dutton Gregory has launched the latest of its marketing stunts, this time aimed at first time home buyers hoping to beat the SDLT exemption deadline on 31st March 2025. In previous years the
A survey of 2,000 home movers suggests as many as four in ten (37%) estate agents are failing to advise clients on their obligations in regard to the provision of material information. 23% of home
Google has been taken to task by the Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) over the ability of consumers to trust in its reviews. In response the search giant has committed to introducing enhanced processes to
The Labour government have confirmed its Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which contains much of the primary legislation required to enact their plans to build 1.5 million homes in this parliamentary term, will be introduced into
Nationwide Building Society says mortgage affordability remains ‘stretched’ by historic standards with London and the South East the most affected areas of the country. The North of England and Scotland are the least affected areas