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All Conveyancing articles – Page 13
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NewsConveyancers cautiously welcome housing market reboot
Firms fear transactions will remain difficult to complete despite government announcement.
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NewsLand Registry investigating service outage cause
Business e-services portal among areas hit by access issues.
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OpinionLost art of collaboration
Many residential conveyancers are finding operating in lockdown a difficult and sometimes painful experience. We are coming to terms with transacting business using a model that is cumbersome, outdated and ill-suited to the current limitations imposed on us. Everything seems to take twice if not three times as long ...
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NewsLand Registry relaxes ID rules for Covid crisis
‘Temporary changes’ also enable electronically captured wet signatures on deeds.
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FeatureCoronavirus Q&A: Conveyancing and clients
Common client queries on ongoing residential property transactions with the latest Covid-19 guidance.
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NewsOmbudsman promises flexibility over complaints during lockdown
Complaints handler says it has power to use discretion about how to treat under-pressure firms.
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NewsRegulator allows fee deferral to support conveyancers during Covid-19 crisis
Council for Licensed Conveyancers says firms are furloughing staff or temporarily closing offices.
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NewsExtra guidance for conveyancers stuck in coronavirus lockdown
Law Society and conveyancing bodies join forces to help firms comply with government requirements.
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NewsDelay completions until lockdown ends, conveyancers advised
Law Society says government guidance provides much-needed clarity but further issues remain.
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NewsSolicitors seek urgent clarity over ongoing conveyancing work
Government spokesperson says buyers should delay moving home where possible.
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News'Cut your overheads': Conveyancing firms face battle to survive Covid-19
Viewings set to dry up after estate agencies told they are not essential businesses under new lockdown rules.
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FeatureHome truths
Conveyancing is in need of an overhaul – but will vested interests thwart effective reforms? Marialuisa Taddia reports.
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NewsCoronavirus: New guidance over conveyancing transactions
Request for properties to be decontaminated among issues raised with Law Society.
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NewsCompetition watchdog backs upfront leasehold information
Competition and Markets Authority says reaction to its investigation is testament to importance of issues.
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NewsElectronically signed deeds are legal, lord chancellor confirms
Government to convene working party to consider video witnessing question.
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NewsConveyancing fraud gang jailed for diverting deposit monies
Investigators found group would steal log-in details for email accounts and dupe conveyancing clients.
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NewsCompetition watchdog attacks conveyancer-developer tie-ups
Competition and Markets Authority concerned solicitors could compromise duty to clients to avoid losing recommendations.
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NewsActive conveyancers at record low
Conveyancing bore the full brunt of political and economic uncertainty in the final quarter of 2019, market tracker shows.
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NewsHigh street big names to create ‘conveyancing powerhouse’
McMillan Williams and Taylor Rose TTKW hope to reach merger agreement this week, Gazette understands.
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NewsLand Registry suffers digital setback over local land charge data
Searches for Peterborough City Council disabled days after it moved to a national register.