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NewsTA6 forms 'will not change overnight', Society assures conveyancers
Law Society vice-president says property information forms will first be user tested to ensure they are simple and easy to use.
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OpinionTA6 consultation: key findings and Law Society response
The Law Society conducted an extensive and independently run consultation to understand how conveyancers viewed the fifth edition of the TA6 property information form and better understand members' concerns.
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NewsSociety unveils 'two-form' approach to TA6
Separate 'before and after offer' forms designed to make process of gathering property information straightforward.
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NewsNational Conveyancing Week: Conveyancers 'exhausted and undervalued'
Chief executive of mental health charity suggests conveyancers need support on how best to respond to frustrated clients.
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NewsConveyancing firms warned: Prepare for complaints spike
Legal ombudsman saw complaints surge by 50% after the last stamp duty holiday ended.
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FeatureCommon ground
Sweeping reforms to leasehold and digitisation of the property buying process descend on a residential conveyancing sector that struggles to retain and replace its lawyers. Maria Shahid reports.
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News'Beginning of the end' of leasehold: Commonhold white paper published
Proposals take forward ‘the majority’ of the Law Commission’s 2020 recommendations on reinvigorating commonhold.
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NewsLand Registry: error-check service will save 300,000 hours a year
Minor errors and omissions will be flagged up for correction before applications are accepted, HM Land Registry says.
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NewsUpfront information helpful for mortgage decisions, says lender
Nationwide chief asked about upfront information on latest episode of Digital Property Market Steering Group podcast.
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NewsBlooming ’eck. E-conveyancing again?
Plans for breakthroughs in digital conveyancing seem to come into flower once every seven or eight years.
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NewsConveyancing storm over Nationwide's requirements 'grenade'
Conveyancing practitioners feared lender's updated requirements would slow down nearly all transactions.
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OpinionDigital home-buying: still Groundhog Day
The government announces 'major new plans' for e-conveyancing. But how new are they?
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NewsConveyancing: Government leaps back on the digital bandwagon
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government says it will 'modernise the way the process works to bring down current delays of almost five months'.
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NewsHM Land Registry staff 'work to rule' over compulsory office attendance
Union says action will have a huge impact on service delivery while Land Registry says it will cause minimal impact.
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NewsLaw Society identifies key concerns over TA6 property information form
Chancery Lane working with independent research agency to analyse findings of more than 1,200 consultation responses.
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NewsHM Land Registry staff vote to strike over compulsory office attendance
Industrial action will not affect conveyancing transactions, agency says.
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NewsSolicitor asked another firm to amend date on property sale
Experienced solicitor acted after his client’s transaction went through a day after SDLT deadline.
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NewsConveyancing giant axes hundreds of jobs as transactions dip
Simplify admits it has scaled back the work it takes on as part of cost-cutting measures.
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NewsCommercial leaseholds under scrutiny in Law Commission consultation
Possible reform is part of government plan to revive high streets and town centres.