Category: Latest News

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Conveyancing caseloads grow as market consolidation eases, report finds

10 March 2026

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Housing market regaining momentum but affordability still stretched – Halifax

9 March 2026

PM Law Compensation

SRA pays out £9m to ‘most urgent’ PM Law transactions after receiving 250 applications to compensation fund

9 March 2026

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Second consecutive year of growth provides cautious optimism for 2026, IRN conveyancing report suggests

9 March 2026

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Local Land Charges programme completion date pushed back to end of 2028

9 March 2026

National Conveyancing Month 2026

National Conveyancing Month – What’s coming up in week two

9 March 2026

Guidance for raising appropriate conveyancing enquiries

Enquiries guidance document updated to include TA6 sixth edition amends

6 March 2026

fast track legal qualification

Fast track route to conveyancing and probate qualification launched by CLC

6 March 2026

CILEX calls for more opportunities to diversify access to the legal profession

6 March 2026

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Strong home ownership ambitions persist despite affordability challenges, study reveals

6 March 2026

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First live TR1 completed using QES

5 March 2026

SRA formally censured for failures over SSB Group

5 March 2026

Rachel Reeves

Chancellor backs building society campaign amid first-time buyer awareness gap

5 March 2026

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Law Society backs LSB’s EDI plans but warns of burden on small firms

5 March 2026

Jon Hilton

Legal compliance provider launches free digital identity wallet for UK consumers

5 March 2026

Four small white houses placed on a graph of a red line in a slight upwards trajectory

Nationwide’s February house price index ‘reinforces modest recovery’

4 March 2026

Rachel Reeves and a colleague

Property industry reacts to spring forecast and ‘missed opportunity’ for stamp duty reform

4 March 2026

Two girls walk down a flooded street wearing raincoats and wellington boots

One in nine new builds in flood risk zones, Aviva research finds

4 March 2026

An aerial view of a large housing development in the early stages of construction

Local authorities holding £9bn in unspent developer funds, HBF says

4 March 2026

A smiling couple stand outside a large house holding up a set of keys

Upsizers account for 70% of market as affordability improves

4 March 2026

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Welsh home buyers want lead pipes to be included in surveys

4 March 2026

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HMRC tax adviser rules ‘disproportionate’ and risk ‘serious unintended consequences’ – Conveyancing Association

3 March 2026

Two dice, one with a house and one with up and down arrows

Mortgage figures show a strong 2025 but slow start to 2026

3 March 2026

Adrian Jaggard

Legal group AIIC passes 1,000 consultants as platform business continues to grow

3 March 2026

Group photos of the Ward Hadaway teams

Ward Hadaway strengthens team with 44 new appointments

3 March 2026

Left hand image clockwise from top left Selina Kong, Kelly McDonnell, Beth Williams, Sian Brown. Right hand image left to right Tim Jordan and Tom Parkinson

New property appointments at Anthony Collins and Rowlinsons

3 March 2026

January HMRC transaction stats

January transaction numbers ‘no indicator of current market conditions’

2 March 2026

National Conveyancing Month 2026

National Conveyancing Month 2026 kicks off – watch now and get involved today

2 March 2026

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HMLR confirms action for those impacted by PM Law closure

2 March 2026

Close-up of a solicitor shaking hands with a client over a desk

UK legal services sector grew by 6.1% last year, with residential conveyancing worth £2.5bn

2 March 2026

Rightmove fall throughs

Treasury losing out on half a billion in SDLT revenues as a result of fall throughs, Rightmove claims

2 March 2026

CHAPS payment window extended

CHAPS times extended as Bank of England works toward 24/7 settlement

2 March 2026