Tag: Land Registry
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Land Registry Applications – Room for Improvement
I sometimes come across lawyers complaining about how long it takes the Land Registry to register title. According to Andrew Robertson, Head of Customer Policy at the Land Registry responding to a comment on a blog entitled ‘Opening our conveyancer data’ commented ‘… we aren’t able to process in the region of 40% of the…
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Do London Cabbies Foretell the Fate of Conveyancing Solicitors?
Earlier this month 10,000 black-cab drivers brought the capital to a standstill by blockading Trafalgar Square. They were protesting Uber, the American mobile phone app that locates the nearest available mini-cab and calculates the fare by distance and time. Cabbies claim Uber’s GPS pricing system is effectively a taximeter, which only black cabs can use…
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Why did your client sell via a different conveyancer?
Have you ever been tempted to look at land registry data to check how many clients had sold their properties in the last few years and not used your services? That may seem like a futile endeavor as the cow has left that barn… Why give yourself the aggravation? I suspect that most lawyers convince…
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Average Conveyancing Fees to Reduce as Land Registry Fees Fall
Law firms need to start changing their conveyancing quotes and carefully consider completion statements as the new Land Registry Fee Order will come into force in two weeks time. A quick review of a number of conveyancing websites reveals that the new charges are not yet reflected. As of the 17th March the Land Registry…
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Most Changed CML Handbook Part 2 Sections (England & Wales) 2013
# changes Section number Question 110 17.2.1b Does the lender send the discharge via a DS 1 form or direct with the Land Registry? 78 6.7.1 What new home warranty schemes are acceptable to the lender? 74 5.20.4 Does the lender require you to disclose the details of any existing Green Deal Plan(s) on a…
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Why conveyancers should join e-DRS
The Land Registry has recently introduced a new registration system allowing conveyancing lawyers to submit applications and documents electronically.There are a number of benefits our conveyancers can expect from e-DRS such as: The e-submission of applications and the removal of postal delivery will reduce average end-to-end processing time All applications will be received and responded…
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Land Registry portal e- conveyancing services
The Land Registry has announced that the changes to portal Business e-services which were scheduled for 6 September, have not been released. This has been due to an unexpected electricity failure. The much awaited changes will now be released on 13 September 2010. This includes the planned electronic delivery changes for portal Business e-conveyancing services…
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Early Completion and the CML
The CML Lenders’ Handbook for England and Wales has not been changed to take into account early completion at the Land Registry. Even though early completion may alter the order of events at the Land Registry the actual conveyancing process remains the same. The Land Registry change offers conveyancers some protection as far as subsequent…
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Land Registry launches consultation on e-conveyancing
Following the previous two consultation papers on e-conveyancing published in 2007, Land Registry has launched the third consultation on today. The stated aim of Land Registry’s e-conveyancing programme is to make conveyancing easier for everyone, with an electronic system that makes buying and selling property less stressful for the public, conveyancing professionals and the other…
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Conveyancing solicitors urged to sign up to web portal
The Land Registry Direct system will be ending on 31 March 2010. The technology platform on which it is rests will cease to be supported, meaning that conveyancing services in Land Registry Direct cannot be developed further. The new home for the Land Registry business e-services is the Land Registry Portal, which uses the most…