Seller info and conveyancer performance on latest home buying reform menu
'Biggest shakeup to the homebuying system in this country’s history' could save buyers hundreds of pounds, government says.
Stop blaming solicitors for housebuying woes, law firm tells banks
Lenders - not lawyers - are responsible for creating unnecessary problems for movers, says Pall Mall outfit.
Sort out conveyancing to fix ‘broken’ homebuying process, says top mortgage lender
Respondents to a Santander survey complained of delays and uncontactable solicitors, as the sector continues to shrink.
Solicitor quitting frontline conveyancing laments 'thankless job'
Pardeep Kandola to raise challenges of the job with Law Society vice-president.
Chain reaction
One in three conveyancers has said they plan to quit this troubled practice area. Would new technology and reform of the legal process convince them to stay? Maria Shahid reports
Liability for alleged property undervaluation
Professional negligence.
Letters roundup
Taking the side of trainees, neurodivergent people and mental health, and the duty solicitor gender divide: your letters to the editor.
Letters roundup
Conveyancers regaining their humanity, penalising firms for unbundling and male victims of violence: your letters to the editor.
Letters: Representing Hamas
Gideon Falter, chief executive of Campaign Against Antisemitism, responds to solicitor Fahad Ansari’s article in the Gazette.
