Category: Latest News

A close-up of a man wearing an LGBTQ pin in rainbow colours on a black suit lapel

Law Society launches LGBTQ+ workplace survey

12 June 2026

RICS members remain downbeat but ‘the worst could be over’

11 June 2026

Irate customer makes a complaint

‘Polluter pays’ model could see firms pay £1500 to settle complaints escalated to LeO

11 June 2026

MPs demand consultation on the future of SDLT ‘before the end of the calendar year’

11 June 2026

LMS CEO Nick Chadbourne

LMS CEO steps down after 10 years

11 June 2026

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New mortgage lending increases, but figures ‘are a mirage’

10 June 2026

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Conveyancing firm completes digital purchase transaction in ‘new digital property milestone’

10 June 2026

Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, disused coal mine, Chell, Staffordshire

Mining Remediation Authority and British Geological Survey launch online resource of 120,000 mine plans

10 June 2026

Papers headed with the words 'lease agreement' with a pen and key placed on top

Cornish leasehold forfeiture ‘Ponzi scheme’ claims to be heard in High Court

10 June 2026

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Fully avoidable requisitions down 7% on 1.6m applications, says HMLR

9 June 2026

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FCA proposes changes to help more people access mortgages

9 June 2026

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DSIT launches AI Growth Lab to target legal services innovation

9 June 2026

Jelena Lentzos

LSB appoints new director of strategy, policy and engagement

9 June 2026

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Halifax HPI: Demand and prices falter amid ongoing conflict, but estate agents report determined buyers

8 June 2026

A cohabiting mixed-race family with two children

Government shares details of cohabitation consultation, with three key areas of reform

8 June 2026

Money change house on blue background

CLC shares interim referral fee report and calls for ‘hard evidence of how fees are used or abused’

8 June 2026

The exterior sign at the HMRC building

HMRC releases tax adviser guidance for conveyancers and confirms more updates will follow

8 June 2026

Local estate agent banners and for rent signs on a UK residential street

SLC adds Renters Rights Act guidance to library of over 40 client guides

8 June 2026

A woman holds out a pen appearing to write on an overlaid graphic of a house and lines of text

Slow take-up of QES at HMLR with just five submissions in Q1

8 June 2026

A cohabitation agreement with two house keys on top, next to a small toy house and a book

Government ‘will strengthen rights for unmarried couples’ as cohabitation consultation launches

5 June 2026

Four people look in an estate agent window on a sunny day

Property transactions expected to hit 1.2m this year, report predicts

5 June 2026

A block of social housing flats in London

Right to Buy reforms announced as Social Housing Bill gets second reading

5 June 2026

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Tour de Law charity race opens for registration

5 June 2026

The signage outside the Bank of England viewed from below

April saw ‘surprise’ increase in mortgage approvals, Bank of England data reveals

4 June 2026

two grazing sheep in a field

Grazing sheep not enough to convince FTT property was non-residential

4 June 2026

A bullied woman at her desk in an office being pointed at by an angry man

Legal whistleblowers gain greater protection as SRA gets PIDA designation

4 June 2026

The exterior of Leeds Crown Court

Housebuilder who fraudulently transferred £250,000 of land to his partner sentenced

4 June 2026

An interior sign at the Solicitors Regulation Authority

Compliance roles to be separated from senior leadership, as SRA clamps down on client money protection

3 June 2026

A graphic of a neon laptop and house

Homeowners to be given access to HMLR data in digital property logbook trial

3 June 2026

A graphic of white neon houses with a tick-box list suggesting digital property files

HMLR issues updates for 23 land registration practice guides to reflect changes to digital systems

3 June 2026

Nationwide building society branch in London

Hope for short-lived property market shock – Nationwide

2 June 2026

A young woman looking into an estate agent window

Homebuyers spend more than £1,800 on ‘hidden’ moving costs, L&G survey reveals

2 June 2026