The Land Registry has confirmed the launch date for the e-conveyancing pilot as October 2007.
The launch has been timed to coincide with the annual quiet period for domestic house transactions and will allow a period of adjustment following the introduction of home information packs on 1 June 2007.
Land Registry chief executive, Peter Collis, said: “The e-conveyancing programme will be introduced incrementally to the property market and initially on a voluntary basis. It will, none the less, be a massive change for everyone involved, which makes it important that we proceed in manageable steps and in accordance with a clear timetable. The preferred date for implementing compulsory use of the electronic system is by 2009 or 2010.”
References: EGi Legal News 03/04/06
