The Conveyancing Association has launched a new Best Practice Guide to help improve communications between conveyancers and estate agents.

The Guide - the first of its kind for the property sector - is designed to give further guidance to conveyancers with the aim of speeding up transactions and improving communications throughout the chain. 

The Guide was developed following the results of a Conveyancing Association poll which found that 47% of buyers felt the parties involved in their sale or purchase could have communicated with each other better.  The poll also found that almost two-thirds (64%) of house-buyers experienced problems including delays during their transaction. 

Eddie Goldsmith, Chairman of the Conveyancing Association said, “We know that many estate agents and Conveyancing Association members already have effective working practices and, since the results of the consumer survey, would like to share and develop these practices for the benefit of the membership and their estate agent contacts.  This will ultimately improve the home mover experience.”

Picture: Eddie Goldsmith