Neither agents or conveyancers need to take over the home buying and selling process (PIE)
The easiest and quickest way to speed up the home buying and selling process is to get the seller to instruct their conveyancer when their property is first marketed.
HM Land Registry to accept electronic signatures
Transfers of ownership of property, leases, mortgages and other property dealings can now be signed electronically, making it simpler and faster for people to move home.
Faster conveyancing? Land Registry accepts electronic signatures (EAT)
HM Land Registry is now accepting witnessed electronic signatures on documents for the transfer of ownership of property, the creation of leases, and on securing mortgages.
Legal Ombudsman Takes Too Long To Respond (TC)
The Office for Legal Complaints has published its annual report for 2019/20, and shown that complainants are still waiting too long for the Ombudsman to reply to their issues.
Land Registry confirms electronic signature arrangements (LSG)
HM Land Registry has confirmed that it will now start accepting electronic signatures – paving the way for the entire conveyancing process to be conducted electronically.
Video wills ‘risky and unnecessary’, solicitors claim (LSG)
Video-witnessed wills are dangerous, unnecessary and will ‘inevitably’ cause a rise in inheritance disputes, some solicitors have warned following the government’s announcement of an emergency change in the law.
Conveyancers, a law unto themselves? (PIE)
In this latest opinion piece Russell Quirk takes on the question of the conveyancing process and suggest one way that it might be dragged out of the 16th Century and […]
Execution of deeds (PG8)
Advice on the execution of deeds that are to be submitted to HM Land Registry (practice guide 8).
Record number of property firms suffer ‘Red Flag’ financial distress (EAT)
There’s a record number of property industry companies, including agencies, in financial distress according to the latest Red Flag alert monitor.
Property Logbooks What Does The Future Hold? (TC)
Although many of us understand the concept of logbooks, and there are various organisations in the sector including the CLC and the Home Buying and Selling group, arguing about the […]
MoJ to allow and backdate remote will witnessing (LF)
The government is to legalise the remote witnessing of wills for two years, backdating the change to 31 January this year to reassure those who have already done it during […]
News focus: ‘Reinvigorating’ commonhold as preferred alternative to leasehold (LSG)
The Law Commission believes commonhold could be an attractive alternative to leasehold, dissipating the perception that ‘leaseholders don’t truly own their home’. But lenders need convincing.