Do First Time Buyers Understand the Conveyancing Process?

About this episode

Lorraine and Stu discuss research indicating that only 13% of first time buyers fully understand the conveyancing process and the need for better support from regulators.

In this Conveyancing Matters chat, Lorraine and Stu talk about some interesting research that has recently been issued by Lloyds. The headline coming from it is that only 13% of first time buyers 'fully understand' the conveyancing process. But is the real number likely to be even this high? Stu and Lorraine suggest that our regulators should be doing more to support conveyancing clients and the lawyers that they regulate to help the public understand the importance ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Lorraine, Stu

Topics covered

• first time buyers
• conveyancing process
• legal understanding
• client support
• regulatory issues

Keywords

• conveyancing
• first time buyers
• Lloyds research
• legal process
• client education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lloyds

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