Packing in the information.The sellers pack could help property-selling solicitors, who could target those seeking advice as property clientsMoving house is one of the most traumatic experiences life has to offer.

What makes it worse in England and Wales is that the process is one of the slowest in the world.Reform of the home-buying process is urgently needed and the government is to be encouraged to address the issue with haste.Ministers' solution - to make compulsory the sellers' pack piloted over the past year in Bristol - could help, and by bringing clients into law firm's offices earlier, offers opportunities to property-selling solicitors.But there are difficulties with the plans.

Firstly, the take up of the sellers' pack during the Bristol pilot was far from overwhelming, indicating a potential lack of public support.

A cost of between 600 to 700 to produce the pack undoubtedly was a significant disincentive.Secondly, the question of whether a sellers' survey should be included in the sellers' pack is debatable.

Would sellers' surveys be seen by the property-buying public as impartial or a rose-tinted view of the house concerned?Also, vitally important is the impact of new technology.

The National Land Information Service will soon be able to provide up-to-date searches on-line, greatly lubricating what has been a creaking home-buying process.