Conveyancing is not fit for purpose – we must blame someone
Could the house buying and selling process be better? Absolutely. But is it actually broken and not fit for purpose?
Conveyancing Matters
Peter Ambrose
is the founder of conveyancing specialist The Partnership.
Boiling the ocean – solving the conveyancing conundrum
Tricky problems need solutions: The current flavour of the month is that “upfront information” is the magic bullet, but that’s got a whiff of Boris’s “pea-shooter to a gunfight” comparison.
‘Ready to exchange’ – and other conveyancing myths
You probably won’t be aware of it, but February 28th 2018 was a sad day in television history, as Peter Ambrose, founder of conveyancing specialist The Partnership, explains.
If this is the new normal, heaven help us
So what’s happening and what, if anything, can we do about it? Here are Peter Ambrose’s opinions.
Fed up with slow conveyancing? Careful what you wish for
No-one needs a customer survey to learn that people find moving house stressful.
OPINION: And did those feet, in ancient time
If we ignore conventional wisdom and believe Boris, it looks like we’re in the end-game for the pandemic. Peter Ambrose, founder of The Partnership, offers his latest thoughts.
Two, four, six, eight, regulate, regulate
What if regulators could actually stop bad things happening in the house buying and selling process? Here are Peter Ambrose’s thoughts.
What did computers ever do for us?
When it comes to identifying problems with the house buying and selling process, Peter Ambrose says agents and clients have been asking the wrong question.
Let’s not forget to give conveyancers the clap
Peter Ambrose, founder of conveyancing specialist The Partnership, reflects on what he describes as a “new-found love of lawyers”.
Dust down your GCSE knowledge – they’re shipping Boxer off to the glue factory
Peter Ambrose, founder of conveyancing specialist The Partnership, offers his latest ‘opinion’ piece.
OPINION: The best lawyers use paper files
While some in the property industry coped well with the pressures of the past few months, many did not.
OPINION: Lawyers – not jack of all trades – master of one
Lawyers simply do not have the time or expertise to offer “Simple and Transparent Moving Solutions”.
OPINION: “Paul thinks abuse can be justified”
How did it come to this?
OPINION: Lawyers Vs agents – we need a war, not a truce
“Those suggesting a truce between agents and lawyers where everyone puts down their pointy blame sticks and pretends to be understanding, have got it all wrong.”
OPINION: “That inflatable David Hasselhoff doll was a terrible mistake”
When it comes to conveyancing, digital signatures are a passing fad which will fade away to become a distant memory.
Opinion: “Not sure that TV was worth it”
The amount of stress everyone in the property industry is seeing is completely out of proportion with the costs involved.
Tony Blair’s choice in music is outstanding
Forget Blair’s brave new policies, it was this that brought a whole new meaning to positivity.
If you jab us do we not bleed
The anxiety that society is suffering from is being brought into sharp focus.
Solving conveyancing delays is a ‘bigly’ problem
Solving the conveyancing conundrum is not a simple one.
Opinion: “You were only supposed to blow the doors off”
Residential property transactions have increased sharply.