conveyancing
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Regulation & Law
Government’s conveyancing reforms risk decimating small local law firms
New National Conveyancing Task Force urges property industry to get involved with official consultation or risk 'digital conveyancing' killing off the nation's smaller regional operators.
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Regulation & Law
Exclusive: Labour’s conveyancing overhaul ‘doomed’ to failure
Chaotic approach to digital IDs will be repeated when Government tries to overhaul home buying and selling, warns Credas boss Tim Barnett.
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Proptech
Government spends £750,000 on speeding up home buying project
Conveyancing trade body has secured the money from Ministers to create a framework for digitising and sharing property data.
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Regulation & Law
Government reforms to ‘completely change’ how conveyancers work
Fees predicted to drop by 20% and transaction times cut by weeks, as mandatory upfront information reshapes legal process, but is this 'HIPs' all over again?
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Proptech
Credas launches shareable compliance wallet to speed up transactions
New digital solution promises to eliminate repeat AML checks that delay deals, as buyers’ info can be shared with 3rd parties.
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Products & Services
‘I’m out!’ Conveyancer quits and warns more will follow
Pardeep Kandola says conveyancers are over-worked, undervalued and should be charging more for their services.
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Associations & Bodies
Industry leaders reveal charter to reduce ‘sales agreed to exchange’ to 28 days
Project 28 has major lenders, estate agencies and conveyancing firms behind its bold promise to finally speed up Britain's slow property transactions.
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Housing Market
Rayner’s tax mistake cost her dearly but the whole system needs reform
Surveying firm boss says that while housing secretary's tax blunder was costly personally, millions of home buyers and sellers pay dearly for our complicated housing market.
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Products & Services
Property sales fall-through rate hits four-year high
A lack of visibility in chains means that deals are collapsing at an ever-increasing rate as buyer nervousness builds, says Paul Halliwell of ViewMyChain.
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Products & Services
Can we get digital conveyancing out of the group chat?
Lisa Isaacs asks if digital conveyancing will ever happen and whether legislation is the ultimate solution to slow and painful house transactions.
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