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Following the Chancellor’s Budget announcements today on Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief reform, Idina Glyn, Partner at Mishcon de Reya, has spoken on the reforms. The restriction of Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and
Irwin Mitchell have appointed partner Guy Sackett as its new Head of Real Estate and Garrath Reayer has been appointed new Head of Residential Property following the retirements of Adrian Barlow and Jeremy Raj respectively.
The recently hosted Minerva Conference raised over £5000 for Martin House Children’s Hospice at their 21st birthday conference hosted at the National Conference Centre (NCC) in Coventry. Housed at the National Motorcycle Museum, the NCC,
Consultant or platform law firms continue to grow with 4000 lawyers reported to be operating under the fee sharing model in England and Wales according to the latest insight. Despite it remaining a small fraction
306,000 homes are currently working their way through the buying process to completion; and increase of 62,250 (26%) on the same time last year leading to predictions of a “bumper” final quarter for 2024 and
A ‘contrived’ attempt to claim Multiple Dwellings Relief (MDR) on a property has left the owner’s with an £80,000 tax bill after a first tier tribunal (FTT) ruled MDR did not apply. The property in
The government will continue to consult on the most appropriate way to ‘address the injustice of ‘fleecehold’ private estates’ and bring forward a new consumer code for housebuilders as part of it’s response to a
Proposed changes by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) to its Code of Conduct have been approved by the Legal Services Board (LSB) and will take effect from January 1, 2025. A revised code of
The innovation arm of Ordnance Survey has welcomed the latest cohort of GeoTech and PropTech startups to its accelerator programme Geovation; the 19th group to go through the incubator. Geovation’s Accelerator Programme was launched in
Analysis of property market withdrawals and fall through suggests both are on the up in the first half of 2024. A fall-through is generally considered to be a property transaction that collapses after an offer
The property world is in mourning as the sad passing of Sarah Edmundson was confirmed today (Wednesday 23rd October) after a lengthy battle with cancer. Sarah had held a number roles across the property sector
Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has joined the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) becoming the first major mortgage intermediary to do so in the group’s efforts to speed up homebuying by standardising digital property information across
Conveyancing Week Northern Ireland 2024 has provided ‘the perfect platform to highlight conveyancing and parties involved in Northern Ireland’ say organisers the Law Society of Northern Ireland’s, Conveyancing and Property Committee. The focus of this
Comparisons between consumer sentiment in England and Wales have been published identifying broadly positive views of the accessibility, trust and quality of legal services in the two countries. Legal Services Consumer Panel’s Tracker Survey is
Reports indicate Chancellor Rachel Reeves will not extend the current SDLT relief for first time buyers (FTBs), creating another ‘cliff-edge’ for conveyancers and property lawyers in March 2025 as transactions are pushed through ahead of
Solicitors and property practitioners are not expected to be experts in environmental law but they must advise clients on the potential impact of climate change on property transactions and signpost them to further resources should
Decisive action and the implementation of Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRN) across the residential property market is essential in ‘transforming the property market, enhancing transparency, improving market efficiency, and driving significant benefits for both the
The Law Society of England and Wales says it is being contacted by conveyancers concerned by ‘spurious’ claims and agents ‘pushing boundaries’ when it comes to stamp duty land tax (SDLT) claims and repayment. It
Customer service awards The ESTAS crowned their winners at the 21st edition of the ceremony at The Grosvenor Hotel, London on Friday in a ceremony attended by 1,000 property professionals from across the UK. The
The Today’s Conveyancer Podcast once again brings you the results of the latest Property Trends Report, published by Landmark. Host David Opie is joined by regular guest Ben Robinson, Managing Director of Landmark Estate Agency
The 2025 Local Land Charges Awards have been launched by Land Data with teams across England and Wales nominated for their commitment to consistently high levels of customer service over the past year. The awards
A mentoring programme is being piloted by networking and collaboration group Women in Residential Property seeking members to take part in a six-month trial. Women in Residential Property (WiRP) was launched in 2017 to foster
Webinars produced by the Law Society as part of their consultation into proposed amends to the TA6 Property Protocol form have been made available to review on demand. ‘Understanding the TA6 form and digital developments
54 councils across the UK will receive a share of £68m to unlock and develop brownfield sites. The funding will be used to deliver on the government’s pledge to build 1.5m homes over the course
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) is seeking a new chair after James Sherwood-Rogers announced he would be stepping down at the end of September 2024. Sherwood-Rogers confirmed in August he would be stepping
National conveyancing firm PLS Solicitors have announced the appointment of Anthony Rimmer as their new Head of Residential Conveyancing With extensive experience, Anthony joins PLS having been at My Home Move for the last 10
North East property businesses, Hello Mortgage, Estatio and Sort Legal have joined forces to provide home movers with what they are describing as a ‘super agency’ to handle every aspect of a home move, plus
Home movers may be ‘pausing’ ahead of the next budget with sold-subject-to-contract (SSTC) numbers and completions remaining low against the rising number of new listings coming to market. The latest numbers from Landmark’s Q3 Residential
New powers enabling banks to delay transactions by up to four days to further investigate fraud should help combat fraud and could improve standards across the conveyancing profession says the director of Welsh conveyancing practice
QualitySolicitors (QS) has announced it has brought an independent body of accountancy practices under a new multi-disciplinary umbrella group to ‘enhance capability, drive sustainable growth and improve efficiency, effectiveness and safety’ of member firms. CharterGroup,
Firms and businesses who want to be found locally online for their products and services need to consider 149 different factors in order to ensure their online presence is search engine friendly. This is according
Ryan Sparrow, a digital content specialist in the legal division of The Access Group joins podcast host David Opie to discuss a newly published report on the current state of conveyancing. “The State of the