The government needs to rethink plans to digitise home buying process
If the housing minister really wants to speed up property transactions, he should start listening to forward-thinking conveyancers, estate agents, and lenders
Author: Rob Hailstone
This is a fine mess you’ve gotten us into, Mr Shapps
The longest-serving housing minister in the modern Conservative era, Grant Shapps passed the two-year mark in his role, from May 2010 – September 2012
Thousands of house purchases frozen by cyber attack and so will they complete before Christmas?
Thousands of exchanges and completions have been severely delayed as conveyancing firms struggle to access necessary systems to progress transactions
Could estate agents be the catalyst to improving the home buying and selling process?
Conveyancer and the conveyancing process bashing is de rigueur at the moment and has been for some while. However, maybe the first step in improving matters could come from estate agents.
What can we learn from the Queen’s life?
I really hope that all parties involved in the home buying and selling process can all take something positive from the Queen’s wonderful life and her passing.
Married to my wife…and Home Information Packs!
“As a conveyancer, I saw HIPs as an opportunity for conveyancers to become the first port of call for property sellers.”
Why won’t estate agents embrace information up front?
Agents and conveyancers need to work more closely together, starting from now.
Is ‘Subject to contract’ in correspondence vital to avoid creating a legally binding contract?
Question raised in an EYE story last week is looked into by head of Bold Legal Group
Estate agents and conveyancers – principles of working together
Does the Protocol tick all the right boxes?
Estate agent told my clients I was dead!
Is it beyond the wit of man (or woman) to perhaps come up with a document outlining the Principles of Working Together?