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Conveyancing

Commons · Question 3887 · Tabled 2 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 10 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Luke Charters

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to speed up the conveyancing process for property sales.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 10 Sep 2024

The Government recognises that the current home buying and selling process in England is slow, costly and stressful, and that conveyancing can contribute to this. An improved, modernised process could benefit consumers, industry, the housing market and th...