Home buying industry reacts to government reform proposals: ‘Much-needed progress and change’
On Sunday night, the government announced a series of sweeping changes to the home buying system, calling the propsoals ‘the biggest shake-up to the home buying process in this country’s history’. The current system, the statement from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said, is ‘chaotic’, ‘a barrier to home ownership’ and […]
Thousands of affordable homes at risk as providers pull back from Section 106 contracts
Up to 8,500 affordable homes in 700 developments are at risk due to social housing providers pulling back from taking on new Section 106 contracts, according to research from the Home Builders Federation (HBF). Around 900 completed homes are already standing empty, with thousands more at risk due to a lack of commitment from registered […]
High-profile line-up will discuss the role of legal technology at Legal Geek conference
Headline speakers including Sir Geoffrey Vos, the head of civil justice for England and Wales, Sarah Sackman KC, the minister of state for courts and legal services, and the former prime minister of Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt will join 4,500 leaders from the legal sector, business world and academia at the Legal Geek conference later this […]
New conveyancing tool aims to reduce unnecessary enquiries
A new conveyancing tool from property and land data company Landmark Information Group aims to reduce the volume of unnecessary additional enquiries and cut the average time between enquiries being raised and responses received. The Contract Pack Vault is a secure platform that enables conveyancers acting for home sellers to use a standardised, streamlined way […]
Mazur, money and modernisation – The regulator’s view
In this episode of the Today’s Conveyancer Podcast host David Opie is joined by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers’ Director of Strategy and External Relations to discuss the regulator’s view of the big issues facing conveyancing. The podcast was initially recorded in the days before the government’s home buying and selling reforms consultation with much […]
The government’s home buying proposals revisit some old ground – and conveyancers are weary
The recent announcement that the Government is, once again looking into improving the home buying and selling process is particularly poignant for me, because as most of you know, I owned a Home Information Pack production business back in 2010. Whilst the outlined new proposals don’t replicate exactly what was in a HIP, they do […]