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Digital conveyancing used to market high-value commercial property
Monday, 24 June 2019The march of blockchain-backed property transactions accelerated this week when a high-value commercial building went on the market with online execution offered by a digital estate agent.
Tags: blockchain, conveyancing
Posted in Latest news, Technology
Number of conveyancing firms continues to fall amid consolidation
Thursday, 30 May 2019The number of law firms involved in conveyancing has dropped below 4,000 for the first time for many years, while the top 1,000 have a bigger share of the market than ever, according to new research.
Tags: conveyancing, Search Acumen
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Blockchain trial “has potential to transform property market”
Friday, 5 April 2019The use of blockchain software in the end-to-end conveyancing process came a step closer when a worldwide trial involving leading law firms and banks cut transactions from months to weeks.
Tags: blockchain, conveyancing
Posted in Latest news, Technology
Proptech newcomer wins funding for conveyancing service
Tuesday, 9 October 2018A proptech pioneer aiming to create a data-driven escrow service for conveyancers is exploring the use of blockchain security and is considering white-labelling its product.
Tags: conveyancing
Posted in Latest news, Technology
Derbyshire Solicitors Timms Improves Efficiency and Client Experience with Hoowla Conveyancing Calculator
Wednesday, 8 November 2017With four offices across Derbyshire and Leicestershire, Timms Solicitors provide a range of high quality specialist services for both individuals and businesses.
Tags: conveyancing, Hoowla
Posted in associate news
Online conveyancer claims blockchain-backed transaction first
Tuesday, 10 October 2017An internet conveyancing platform last week completed what it claimed was the first property to be digitally exchanged online and moved instantly to a live blockchain. It reported the property – in Trowbridge, Wiltshire – went from initial marketing to a verified online exchange in just seven days.
Tags: blockchain, conveyancing
Posted in Latest news, Technology
Hoowla Shortlisted for Software Innovation of the Year at Digital Entrepreneur Awards
Monday, 25 September 2017Legal software company Hoowla have been announced as a finalist for Software Innovation of the Year in the Digital Entrepreneur Awards 2017.
Tags: conveyancing, Hoowla
Posted in associate news
New Startup Vanessa Newman Property Lawyers Chooses Hoowla as their Case Management Software
Thursday, 7 September 2017With over 20 years experience in the property market and seven years as a licensed conveyancer, Vanessa Newman knows that the key to a smooth property transaction is communication and the understanding that each person’s transaction is of major importance and completely personal to them.
Tags: conveyancing, Customer Success Story, Hoowla
Posted in associate news
Survey: “conveyancer numbers fall while caseloads and efficiency grow”
Wednesday, 26 July 2017More property transactions and fewer people doing the work have increased conveyancers’ caseloads, but amid mounting pressure their productivity has grown by 70% since 2012, according to a survey. Among other things, it found that in 2016 conveyancers were spending a day and a half less per case and doing one case a week more than four years earlier.
Tags: conveyancing, Search Acumen
Posted in Latest news
Law firms, legal executives and licensed conveyancers join forces to lobby for leasehold reform
Wednesday, 21 June 2017A new property law alliance, the Legal Sector Group, has written to the government with a detailed set of proposals on leasehold reform. It brings together the Conveyancing Association, the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, the Society of Licensed Conveyancers and the Bold Legal Group. The Law Society has decided not to join.
Tags: CILEX, conveyancing, Conveyancing Association, Law Society, Society of Licensed Conveyancers
Posted in Latest news