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The director of a conveyancing technology company has hit out at what he calls “an over-reliance on outdated processes” and “age-old...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

HM Land Registry customers - including agents and conveyancers - can now manage all of their applications and correspondence including notices,...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...
01 July 2020
From: Features

Savills has revealed the measures it has taken to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on its activities and balance sheet. The...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News

As we adjust to a life post-Covid-19, letting agents, landlords, and tenants are thinking - ways to speed up the process...
24 June 2020
From: Features

A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A company promoting a Blockchain platform with promises to speed up the buying and selling process claims the pandemic has proved...
18 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has revised its Anti-Money Laundering guidance in the light of Coronavirus. It says the scale of...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...
28 March 2020
From: Features

The chief executive of Purplebricks says agents are “miles behind” in using digital information to provide a personalised service. Vic Darvey has given...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...
22 January 2020
From: Features

HM Land Registry appears to be making painfully slow progress on digitising land charge search data - contrary to its earlier...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...
21 December 2019
From: Features

It’s been revealed that Countrywide is involved in a pilot exercise to help the creation of a so-called ‘affordability hub’ for...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Esther McVey says Compulsory Purchase Orders and brownfield land registers are to be made digitally transparent. This will allow CPO...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body has sharply criticised HM Land Registry for its slow progress on digitising local searches after a promising start...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...
24 August 2019
From: Features

One of the earliest property websites, nethouseprices.com, has been acquired by fledgling property portal OneDome. Nethouseprices was set up in 2004 and...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The city of Norwich has become the sixth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Phil Spencer and his advice website IQ have endorsed the concept of legally binding reservation agreements and digital legal packs through...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...
20 April 2019
From: Features

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...
13 April 2019
From: Features

By the time you read this article, I’ll be in Nigeria. My first ever visit to the continent of Africa. Sitting here...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News

HM Land Registry’s ambitious digitisation plans continue apace with news that it is to consider Blockchain in a bid to speed...
24 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A new portal called YourMoov and describing itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” is to launch shortly. In an...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News

In the past year it seems every other story has been about PropTech - the big stuff like Purplebricks and the...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The town of Blackpool has become the fourth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...
17 November 2018
From: Features

Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home buying process and improvement could be far quicker than any efforts...
17 November 2018
From: Features

People now expect a streamlined, digital-first experience from every single service they interact with - and the lettings industry is no...
14 November 2018
From: Features

Conveyancers’ use of data and technology to speed through sales is on the cusp of a ‘big bang’ moment according to...
12 November 2018
From: Breaking News

HM Land Registry says the full roll-out of its Local Land Charges digital register could take up to seven years, with...
19 September 2018
From: Breaking News
11 August 2018
From: Features

A leading legal firm has given broad approval to proposals from the Law Commission aimed at improving the conveyancing process and...
30 July 2018
From: Breaking News

HM Land Registry calculates that 125,000 buyers will benefit from just the first phase of its digitisation programme for Local Land...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Automated search companies have heaped praise on HM Land Registry following the digitisation of local land charge data - the LLC1...
12 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A new digital search service is being launched next month by HM Land Registry, marking the latest phase in its attempt...
15 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Respected industry spokesperson Kristjan Byfield is continuing his fightback against the negative coverage of the agency industry in the mainstream press...
23 May 2018
From: Breaking News

HM Land Registry has taken another step towards its aim to “make conveyancing simpler, faster and cheaper” for the general public. The...
05 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Between October and December 2017, some £822 million worth of UK residential property was sold at auction, according to the Essential...
07 February 2018
From: Features

The government has given its support to Land Registry proposals to increase the digitalisation of its services, with changes coming into...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News

If you were under any misconceptions about how pivotal a role HM Land Registry is going to play in the future...
27 January 2018
From: Features

The HM Land Registry has revealed more details of long-term plans to improve and speed up conveyancing processes in a five...
06 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Angels Media and a property technology consultancy are joining forces to conduct the first-ever survey into how agents and other property...
09 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Estate agents are angry over delays in processing land searches by a local authority in the south west. The average land search time...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Two leading property analysts have written a fiercely critical assessment of the merger between easyProperty and the Guild of Property Professionals. The...
23 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conservative Party says it wants greater competition and more digitisation to cut the costs and reduce the amount of time...
22 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conservatives now say they are not resuscitating Home Information Packs, despite a suggestion by a prominent former minister that they "had...