If you jab us do we not bleed
Last week, Gavin Williamson’s suggestion to scrap GCSEs took me back to school years studying Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.” I’m sure just the title brings back memories of Shylock’s plaintive speech about the injustices suffered by his race. Having... Read More →
Speeding up the home buying and selling process
Managing Director, Peter Ambrose and the former executive director of Douglas and Gordon, and founder of Viewber, Ed Mead discuss a few ideas for how to speed things up with the home buying and selling process. Watch the video now:... Read More →
Solving conveyancing delays is a ‘bigly’ problem
If we’ve learned anything from the US elections it’s that doing paperwork in advance doesn’t guarantee a speedy outcome. Sitting around waiting for results and being powerless to speed things up, had a Conveyancing 2020 feel about it. Whether it’s... Read More →
How can you help speed up your home move?
The number of sales being agreed right now is at record levels on Rightmove, which means it’s likely you’ll find it taking a bit longer from having your offer accepted to picking up the keys for your home. To try... Read More →
The conveyancing process is NOT broken
“Oh yes it is!” “Oh no it’s not”. While panto season seems a lifetime away, when it comes to the home buying process, the pantomime villains of the peace are definitely the lawyers. However, unlike these annual theatre-based bust-ups, arguments... Read More →
New chain view API helps mio save even more time for property professionals
mio, the Estate Agents sales progression platform, has released a new chain view API mio, the Estate Agents sales progression platform, has released a new chain view API. The next in a series of sophisticated APIs to make self-service integration... Read More →
How InfoTrack and The Partnership are using DocuSign eSignature to overhaul conveyancing processes
An interview with InfoTrack and The Partnership The disruptions of 2020 are changing how buyers buy, and sellers sell. In July 2020, the HMLR issued guidance allowing for witnessed electronic signatures (WES). This has been an eagerly anticipated reform, especially in... Read More →
“You were only supposed to blow the doors off”
When the chancellor Rishi Sunak introduced the stamp duty holiday in July, he probably wasn’t thinking about Michael Caine inching his way down a bus teetering on the brink of disaster in the 1960’s classic movie, The Italian Job. It... Read More →
The Partnership and Reapit herald a new dawn of transparency in conveyancing
Reapit’s First Conveyancing Partner London based property lawyers, The Partnership, have announced that they are one of the official launch partners for Reapit’s Foundations. A revolutionary new platform designed to streamline the house buying and selling process. “We’re delighted to... Read More →
COVID and technology
“My CRM was a cardboard box … that was full of files with no paperwork in them” Those were the chilling words uttered by a lawyer I interviewed for a job last week. Every few months, someone writes an article... Read More →