Conveyancers to test HIP-inspired questionnaire (LSG)
A stakeholder body helping the government to improve the conveyancing process has taken the thinking behind home information packs (HIPs), scrapped in 2010, to design a digital questionnaire to be […]
Industry regulator says that scrapping referral fees would have more impact than tenant fees ban (PIE)
The industry regulator will report next month its findings on how agents are voluntarily complying with guidance to be open about referral fees.
Regulation of agents is ‘at least two years away’ says architect of reforms (PIE)
Regulation of estate and lettings agents may not be introduced for at least two years, the architect of the reforms has revealed.
Return of HIPs ruled out as agents invited to pilot buyer and seller property information packs (PIE)
Agents are being invited to take part in a pilot of buyer and seller property information (BASPI) packs that would aim to speed up transactions.
Conveyancing revolution to hit over next decade (LF)
The role of the conveyancer is undoubtedly going to change as much of the administrative side of the role becomes automated over the coming years, a new report from the […]
Agents Beware: Mandatory disclosure of referral fees still a possibility (EAT)
It is possible that agents and their business partners in the conveyancing, mortgage and survey industries could be obliged to have referral fees disclosed by law.
Portals to be at the heart of house buying reforms (EAT)
Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform house buying.
Revealed: ‘time on market’ from first portal listing to Land Registry sold (EAT)
The average time it took a home to sell last year – measured from its first day listed on a portal until it was sold as marked by the Land […]
Conveyancing to go fully digital by 2030 (MS)
The conveyancing process will be completely digital by 2030, experts have forecast.