Conveyancing: Digital Technology
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Land Registry on digitising the conveyancing process.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook
The government recognises that the current home buying and selling process in England is slow, costly and stressful, and that conveyancing is one reason for this.
Digitalisation can make the home buying and selling process more transparent and efficient for the conveyancing sector.
His Majesty's Land Registry (HMLR) have already made progress on this issue through their Local Land Charges programme which will assist in providing quicker, more accurate responses to property search requests, potentially taking weeks off transaction times.
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