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

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

The Government has announced that plans to end gazumping are firmly on the table through the possible introduction of voluntary reservation agreements, which should go ahead in 2022. Despite previous efforts, backed by ministers, to

Dye & Durham has announced an agreement to acquire Australian market-leading financial services software provider, Link Group, for an estimated C$3.2bn. As part of the transaction, Dye & Durham will also indirectly acquire Link Group’s

Members of the conveyancing community have taken to LinkedIn to express dismay at a recent article published in Property Industry Eye. Following a recent opinion piece in which Russell Quirk, co-founder of property PR specialist

The Government has announced that from 6 April 2022, digital identity document validation technology (IDVT) will be introduced to support employers and landlords with right to work, right to rent and pre-employment DBS checks. The

Happy New Year from the team at Today’s Conveyancer! We hope you all enjoyed the festivities and a well-earned break over the Christmas period. We’d like to take this opportunity, as the New Year edges

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

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

A technical consultation on offering all new homes access to high-speed wi-fi has been announced by the Government. The changes to the law will mean home developers will be legally required to build gigabit broadband

In the latest development of the Simplify Group IT outage which left thousands of transactions unable to complete and even more home movers stranded, law firm Keller Lenkner UK has confirmed that an initial 50

HMRC has reported £11.44 billion in receipts from SDLT so far this year, the highest amount collected in the first 11 months of a year since 2017. It is thought that the fervent second-home buying

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has announced it will no longer subject leaseholders to ground rents that double every 10 years following an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Following action launched by the CMA

All new buildings must reduce their greenhouse gases by nearly a third under new building regulations which will come into force in June. Under the rules, carbon emissions from new build homes must be 30%

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) says it will not remove EWS1 requirements for low-rise buildings. Previous guidance issued by the Government earlier this year stated that having consulted with lenders, low-rise buildings less

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined HSBC Bank (HSBC) £63.9m for failings in its anti-money laundering (AML) processes. HSBC used automated processes to monitor hundreds of millions of transactions a month to identify possible

The Bank of England has increased interest rates to 0.25% from 0.1%. The decision, which caught many experts by surprise, came just after the official rate of inflation reached 5.1%, the highest rate recorded in

Despite early fears that the coronavirus pandemic would lead to a downturn in activity, the Australian housing market – much like the UK’s – experienced something of a boom. A combination of Government incentives and

The British Conveyancing Awards returns in 2022 to celebrate the cream of the conveyancing crop. With a new headline sponsor in Dye and Durham, the 2022 edition is a departure from the 2021 awards which

Online estate agency Purplebricks is reported to have set aside millions to cover a blunder which may have affected its lettings business tenants. The company has recently warned that its lettings management business may face

The Fraud Advisory Panel, HM Land Registry (HMLR) and the Law Society of England and Wales have issued a guide to help homeowners avoid property title fraud. The guide, aimed at homeowners and conveyancing clients,

The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has announced a three month consultation as it plans to revise The Human Rights Act. The MOJ says that the proposed new legislation aims to strike a proper balance between

The Law Society has issued a statement saying that the Legal Ombudsman service (LeO) must take “radical action” if it wishes to retain the confidence of both public and profession. The Law Society said that

Nearly half (45%) of mortgaged homeowners under the age of 40 got onto the property ladder “much later” than they expected, compared with 29% of over-40s, according to new research by the Equity Release Council

The latest report from the Government’s House Price Index (February 2020 – July 2021) shows that new-build homes account for 6.5% of pandemic property purchases. Additional research by the new-build sales optimisation platform, Unlatch, also