Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 3887

Conveyancing

Tabled: 2 September 2024
Answered: 10 September 2024

Question

Mr Luke Charters

LabourYork Outer

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

Matthew Pennycook
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...

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