Hot on the heels of nominations for the Today’s Conveyancer Industry Champion, the British Conveyancing Awards, sponsored by Dye & Durham today launches nominations for Conveyancing Firm of the Year – National, a category proudly

The government has announced a new plan to protect leaseholders and make wealthy developers and companies pay to fix the cladding crisis. Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove, addressing parliament yesterday guaranteed that

The British Conveyancing Awards, sponsored by Dye & Durham, returns as an in-person event on March 15th 2022 at the fabulous Church House, London. If the inaugural event in 2021 was about recognising the incredible

Conveyancing expert Lloyd Davies, former Operations Director of the Conveyancing Association, has predicted property prices will continue to climb in the New Year but companies will do more to protect staff from burnout as COVID’s

Owners of second homes that currently benefit from a tax loophole, by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets, will be forced to pay under tough new measures. Currently, owners of second homes in England

Today’s Conveyancer recently spoke to Adrian Jaggard, CEO of Taylor Rose MW, one of the top four firms in the UK currently operating the consultancy model, about how consultancy works and how much of an

The government is taking steps to make it easier for shared owners affected by building safety issues to sublet their homes by relaxing its subletting restrictions, and has written to mortgage lenders to encourage them

A recent survey conducted by Access Legal asked compliance officers what issues kept them awake at night. Highly prevalent for the conveyancing sector, anti-money laundering (AML) compliance came out on top, cited by 84 per

After replacing Zoopla as top sponsor in 2021, Coadjute, have announced they will continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023. The announcement follows the recent news Coadjute have secured £6m in

The National Leasehold Campaign (NLC) and The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) have issued statements of support for the latest news from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, announcing a consultation on

Leaseholders in England and Wales could find it easier and cheaper to buy the freehold of their building under radical new proposals to create a fairer housing system. As part of a consultation opening today

22% of people planning ahead for their retirement expect to use the value of their home, according to a survey of 4,000 UK adults conducted by Legal & General Home Finance (LGHF). The findings indicate

A 150-year-old Sussex based firm, Mayo Wynne Baxter (MWB), is the first to join legal and professional services group Ampa under a “house of brands” merger strategy devised to move away from the traditional consolidation

Thanks to planning rules passed by Ministers in 2020, freeholders are now selling off “building plots in the sky” as more developers take advantage of rooftop extension development rights which allow up to two storeys

HM Land Registry has published details of changes to Practice Guides 6 and 19. Devolution on the death of a registered proprietor (PG6) This guide sets out the evidence required for applications relating to the

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities head Michael Gove is expected to announce that the cost for the remediation of unsafe cladding on buildings between 11m and 18m will fall on the developers who

The deadline for registration to enter The British Conveyancing Awards, sponsored by Dye & Durham, is upon us. Registration for this years awards will close at midnight on 11th January 2022. There is still time

Everybody is talking about mixed-use property and multiple dwellings relief again… HMRC announced on the 30th of November, a consultation on the intended reform of the application of multiple dwellings relief (MDR) and the interpretation

The latest LMS monthly remortgage snapshot reveals that activity in November was fuelled by the inevitable interest rate rise as banks and building societies begin planning increases into products, prompting customers to shop around for

The Welsh Government has announced a new scheme that aims to help those affected by the cladding crisis. Under the scheme, the first of its kind in the UK, the Government says it will offer

Judging awards ceremonies can often be a thankless task. But without the support of the people who spend hours toiling away reviewing the submissions, the awards simply would not happen. On behalf of Today’s Conveyancer

Judging awards ceremonies can often be a thankless task. But without the support of the people who spend hours toiling away reviewing the submissions, the awards simply would not happen. On behalf of Today’s Conveyancer

London law firm Mishcon de Reya will pay £232,500 over several breaches relating to money laundering rules, it has been announced. The penalty of £232,500 was agreed between the firm and the SRA who said

New research reveals where the new-build sector made the biggest impact on the property market in 2021 based on transaction levels and the total value of new homes sold. The research, conducted by Warwick Estates

An exclusive survey conducted by the UK’s largest family law firm, Stowe Family Law, reveals that millennials are spending less on weddings and instead prioritising mortgages. The firm’s survey, which polled 500 people across the

Judging awards ceremonies can often be a thankless task. But without the support of the people who spend hours toiling away reviewing the submissions, the awards simply would not happen. On behalf of Today’s Conveyancer

Judging awards ceremonies can often be a thankless task. But without the support of the people who spend hours toiling away reviewing the submissions, the awards simply would not happen. On behalf of Today’s Conveyancer

Latest mortgage approval figures released by the Bank of England show that 66,964 mortgages were approved in November of last year. While down slightly on the previous month, figures remain some way above the forecasted

Are you sitting comfortably? Once upon a time, when I was an articled clerk, yes, I am that old, many conveyancers harked back to the wonderful era of scale fees and an era prior to