Conveyancing Association comments on Government's new rules on home buying and selling reform

19 June 2026

Comments from Beth Rudolf, Director of Delivery at The Conveyancing Association:

“Home buying and selling reform is about removing the current delay and uncertainty and reducing risk. It is about giving conveyancers the information they need to manage risk better. Liability remains where it has always been; what changes is the quality and timing of the information available. Conveyancers remain responsible for the advice they provide, just as they are today. The difference is they will increasingly have access to better information, earlier in the transaction, enabling risks to be identified, understood and managed before they become problems. For too long, our profession has been expected to navigate transactions with incomplete information, leading to avoidable delays, frustration and fall-throughs. This reform gives us the opportunity to move from a reactive process to a proactive one. This is not a leap into the unknown. It is a practical evolution that supports consumers, reduces wasted effort and helps professionals deliver better outcomes with greater confidence. When information savailable earlier and shared more effectively, risk does not increase, it decreases. The result is a home moving process that is faster, more transparent and more trusted by everyone involved.”