Following on from Ed Mead’s most recent article for Property Industry Eye, ‘Forget tech – we need Star Wars’, which focussed on the problems with communication in the property buying and selling process when it comes to lenders, solicitors and estate agents, the former executive director of Douglas and Gordon, and founder of Viewber, discusses a few ideas for how to speed things up with Peter Ambrose, founder of The Partnership.
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Good discussion and as Rob says the answers out there already a variation of auction packs, HIPs, sellers packs and so on. There is tons of technology out there that can be used. The point that technology can solve problems is good, but the issue is the internal willingness of solicitors, estate agents etc to actually change the way they do things. All too often the barrier to improvement is inertia. Makes it easy for each relying party to blame the ‘other’ for delays. Good idea from Government that all homes should have a Property Log Book (PLB).
Good discussion.
Auction packs, HIPs, seller’s packs, all pretty much same thing.
A conveyancer can raise enquiries on an auction pack, if instructed early enough. They may, or may not get a helpful reply, but they can then advise their clients on the pros and cons of proceeding.
Good discussion chaps. Offr goes a long way to help to solve many of the issues you talked about as it provides a data room not only for online auctions but also for private treaty sales to help agents get properties ‘legally ready’.