The month ended with what we can probably describe as a fairly consequential Budget, with…
March was a month in which angst about the time it is taking to complete house sales and purchases reached something of a crescendo. Data showing it is often taking the best part of five to six months for the average property sale to be completed were thrust front and centre and put attention back onto what is required to improve the process, particularly for consumers.
As you will know the CA is heavily involved in this workstream, working with the HBSG on various initiatives around the provision of upfront information, the technology required to deliver this and our media coverage throughout the month reflect this.
March ended with the launch of the third version of the BASPI as the momentum grows around the ongoing need for greater levels of upfront information, and the industry presents the solution to that requirement. The CA led the way in terms of media coverage of this new iteration of the form and we would recommend Beth Rudolf’s article in Today’s Conveyancer which busts some of the myths put forward by those who do not want change for the better.
Full details of all coverage in March can be found below:
Home buyers battle record 135-day delays as property market breaks down – comments from Tom Parkinson
3rd March
How to make the conveyancing process more efficient – part 1 – Beth Rudolf article
4th March
Collaboration: the solution and the biggest problem for the property industry – comments from Beth Rudolf
8th March
Conveyancing body calls for more upfront commonhold information – CA response
9th March
More upfront information needed for commonholds – Conveyancing Association
14th March
Putting the ‘new’ into CA ‘news’ – Nicky Heathcote blog
18th March
Why does conveyancing take so long? – Comments from Victoria Mortimer and mentions of CA
18th March
Conveyancers are as fed up with housing completion time as brokers and buyers – Rudolf
21st March
Coadjute joins The Conveyancing Association as Affliate member
29th March
We can’t keep paying lip-service to change in the sector – Beth Rudolf article
30th March
31st March