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Propertymark Housing Insight Report January 2026

Housing market “gradually regaining momentum” according to Propertymark report

23 March 2026

Smart Property Data

Smart property data could add £2bn to GDP; but only with legislative intervention

23 March 2026

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Global volatility leads to unanimous rates hold decision

23 March 2026

Private equity invests in fast-growing conveyancing practice

20 March 2026

Land Use Framework

New plans announced to reshape how England protects and manages land

20 March 2026

First time buyers

Gap widens for second steppers as average age of FTBs rises

19 March 2026

Snowdonia

Charity hike invites participants and hopes to raise £2000

19 March 2026

Clockwise from left: Tammy Jones, legal director, Napthens, Nick Ponting (left) and Simon Thomas, Montpellier Legal and Richard Ellard, senior partner, Thomson Snell & Passmore

New appointments and expansions from Merseyside to Tunbridge Wells

19 March 2026

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Interest in law jobs ‘drops by a third’

19 March 2026

Kemi Badenoch

Petition calling on Labour to scrap Stamp Duty launched by Conservative party

18 March 2026

Inheritance Tax Reform

IHT “arbitrary, distortionary and expensive to administer” and should be scrapped say Institute of Economic Affairs

18 March 2026

Regents University, London

Law Society president and MHCLG to speak at Bold Legal Conference

18 March 2026

A calculator with the words 'tax advice' written on it

SLC and BLG remain ‘extremely concerned’ at HMRC tax adviser requirement for conveyancers

17 March 2026

Richard Orpin

AI is blurring boundaries on legal advice, new LSB chief exec warns

17 March 2026

A financial adviser explaining rows of figures to two clients

Second charge borrowers ‘at increased risk of financial harm’, warns FCA

17 March 2026

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Sort Ball returns in October, tickets on sale next week

17 March 2026

Rightmove websites open on a computer screen and phone screen

March housing market remains steady despite global uncertainty, Rightmove finds

16 March 2026

The BCAs go north – British Conveyancing Awards take Manchester by storm

16 March 2026

Lines of code form the shape of a house

Call for conveyancers to join data testing project

16 March 2026

A black book on a desk with the word 'guidelines' printed on the spine in white

MHCLG shares contractual control agreement guidance for conveyancers

16 March 2026

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Property Conveyancing Consultancy now CPD approved

16 March 2026

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New SoF training programme for conveyancers

16 March 2026

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Beswicks Legal flags LISA consultation as conveyancing risk

13 March 2026

Hampstead Heath

Rightmove reveals Britain’s most expensive streets

13 March 2026

Japanese Knotweed

Don’t rely on AI to identify invasive plants, knotweed specialist warns

13 March 2026

A small wooden house, a sack with a coin on the front and a graph with a downward-pointing arrow

Buyer demand dips amid interest rate pessimism, RICS finds

12 March 2026

Matthew Pennycook ©House of Commons

Plan-making regulations signed into law

12 March 2026

A woman appears to be holding a holographic image of an ID card

Government launches digital ID consultation

12 March 2026

Tom Hayhoe

‘Impossible for LSB to meet objectives’, Legal Services Consumer Panel warns

11 March 2026

A close up of hands holding a phone with an EPC rating on the screen

EPC reforms delayed until 2027

11 March 2026

Government digital verification guidance must be clearer say legaltech firms

11 March 2026

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SMEs would bear the brunt of proposals to fund access to justice through client accounts – CILEX

10 March 2026