The Land Registry is to introduce fully digital conveyancing documents with e-signatures, a move that could speed up the conveyancing process and improve digital safety and security. The organisation, which is the statutory body that records all land and property ownership and mortgages in England and Wales, held a public …
The business of buying and selling property is one fraught with risk. The buyer faces the possibility of being outbid by another buyer. They might end up spending many thousands of pounds on a house that’s got serious defects if they fail to get a structural survey done. Meanwhile, the …
Londoners are the house buyers most at risk of conveyancing fraud, according to new research from Barclays. The financial giant’s Digital Safety Index survey revealed that 13 percent of homebuyers in London are vulnerable to online swindlers who intercept emails from conveyancing solicitors and persuade the buyer to transfer thousands …