The hidden bottleneck slowing your conveyancing team down
Growing a conveyancing team is harder than it looks on paper. Volume goes up, headcount follows, and yet throughput doesn’t improve in the way the numbers suggest it should. Files take just as long, but the pressure on senior staff doesn’t ease. The team is bigger but the output feels broadly the same. This is […]
Research suggests younger home buyers increasingly using AI but still need the personal touch
Younger homebuyers are increasingly turning to AI for homebuying and mortgage information, as the latest home mover survey from HomeOwners Alliance (HoA) showed a growing digital divide in researching buying a house. The 10th annual Homeowner Survey approached a nationally representative sample of 2,000 UK adults aged 18-plus, including 1,233 homeowners and 554 aspiring homeowners, […]
Landlords and investors say they plan to increase spend on energy efficiency and remain upbeat about market
Around nine in 10 property investors say they are spending more on sustainability features across their property portfolio, after a survey revealed plans to spend more on energy efficiency measures. Handelsbanken’s fifth annual Property Investor Report, which surveyed 200 UK real estate investors, property management professionals and landlords, identified sustainability is becoming a core part […]
Bracknell Forest council local land charges back online
Bracknell Forest Council has issued an update to confirm its ability to process local authority searches is now back online and it is working through the backlog. A statement published by the council said: “We are continuing to process personal searches and have issued 505 of these searches over the past few weeks. We are […]
Trusted data is necessary. It isn’t sufficient
In his previous article Ed Molyneux discussed how shadow AI is embedded in everyday conveyancing and argued the real issue is not capability but accountability: distinguishing accurate outputs from confident errors, and ensuring data safety always functions. Firms that succeed will channel use, prove reliability, and build guardrails that work when it matters most. In […]