Today's Conveyancer

A new collaboration between HM Land Registry (HMLR) and Ordnance Survey (OS) aims to foster "a better and less stressful property market" by enhancing data accessibility and innovation in the housing and geospatial sectors. The collaboration will make HML

Rightmove's latest house price index reveals the largest annual price fall since December 2023, but the headline figures mask a more positive measure of market sentiment: buyer demand has increased by 5% since July. Since Andy Burnham became prime ministe

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has shared details of penalties totalling £137,000 for breaches of anti-money laundering regulations, in decisions published since our last round-up in June. Two firms received the highest fines of £25,000, with one re

Reports from Savills and the Home Builders Federation reveal home completions remain flat, as the number of new home sites granted planning permission fall. According to the latest English Housing Supply update from Savills, 202,7000 homes were built in t

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has issued penalties to two firms and one individual for breaching client account regulations. Solicitor Jay Allan Tooker was fined £24,862, Charsley Harrison LLP was fined £18,552 and Hawkins Ryan LLP was fined £12,366

The divide between those able to afford to own a home and those not will grow without intervention warns the Building Societies Association (BSA) in a new report. The long-term strategy report Finance for a Fairer Future from the BSA warns home ownership

Family law disruptor amicable has announced plans to launch a regulated law firm after submitting its application to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in July. The firm will include a new conveyancing service for separating couples. The divorce an

I was asked to give a quote to a first-time buyer this week. The lovely lady called me as I had been recommended to her. She told me her mortgage broker had advised her to approach a firm in a different part of the country, but she wanted someone local. I

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has criticised the inaccuracies it says remain in a highly critical report published by the Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP) in July, and which it says "created a completely false and misleading link to licensed c

UK Finance mortgage arrears and possessions data for Q2 reveals an 8% drop in possession numbers since Q1, down to 1150, and 14% lower than a year ago. The decrease takes the total "significantly below" the long-term average, UK Finance said. Possessions