Two-thirds of rental properties in England and Wales are now managed by letting agents, the highest proportion in two years, as landlords retreat from self-management amid growing regulatory complexit
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Tenants now spend 32.7% of their annual income on rent according to Lomond research, with average monthly rent at £1,369 nationally and £2,418 in London. The figure places tenants close to typical aff
Rents rose 3.7% in the year to July 2026, reaching an average of £1,393 per month, according to ONS data. Landlord advocates claim rising mortgage costs, insurance premiums, maintenance expenditure an
One in three legal professionals now uses AI tools without firm approval, creating significant compliance risks for conveyancing practices. With AI potentially processing client funds, identity docume
HM Land Registry will add Unique Property Reference Numbers and INSPIRE IDs to its monthly Price Paid dataset from 28 August 2025, extending the treatment to UK Companies and Overseas Companies datase
InfoTrack has created a dedicated head of innovation and AI role as it expands from AP1 form automation into cross-document validation tools that flag name mismatches and date conflicts. The vendor pl
Conveyancing distributor conveybuddy now routes 85–90% of instructed cases through firms with direct API integration, up from approximately 80% in July. The platform has completed its eighth full conn
Sales-agreed timelines have compressed 23 per cent since January, falling from 81 to 62 days by June according to Rightmove data. The acceleration creates operational pressure on conveyancers whose ti
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