Friday, September 30, 2005

Conveyancing Services

Clyde Property agents conveyacning system Not truly an end to end electronic conveyancing system. Client and property data is kept on the estate agents system which allows faster communication with agents and clients and some document preparation

Home deals to take just 15 minutes - Evening Times

Home deals to take just 15 minutes - Evening Times
Clyde Property has become the first estate agency in Scotland to offer electronic conveyancing in a bid to speed up house transactions

Saturday, September 17, 2005

What is Electronic Conveyancing Victoria



What is Electronic Conveyancing?

Land Exchange - EC - Victorian eConveyancing

The Victorian Government, through its Land Exchange Program within the Department of Sustainability and Environment, has developed a world-first system for electronic conveyancing (EC).

The primary goal of the EC project is to provide an Internet-based system enabling online processing for the settlement and lodgement of land dealings. The full functionality of EC Release 2.0 was launched on 16 November 2007.

EC Release 2.0 brings the major functions of property conveyancing and related mortgage activities into the world of e-commerce, including the:

* completion and signing of land transaction instruments for lodgement with Land Victoria
* calculation and payment of duty and other fees for land transactions (and delivery of information regarding that duty and those fees)
* financial settlement of land transactions
* lodgement of instruments with Land Victoria

The system's development involves financial institutions, solicitors, conveyancers, industry peak bodies and the State Revenue Office to ensure all land transfer requirements are met in one simple process.

EC Release 1.0 was launched with limited functionality on 21 August 2006.

Electronic Transactions Act


Dibbs Abbott Stillman | Lawyers : Publication

Electronic Transactions Act - a brief guide

IBM secures UK Land Registry eConveyancing


IBM bags GBP21m Land Registry e-conveyancing deal - WebWatch - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
The Land Registry's delayed electronic conveyancing service for house buyers in England and Wales is set to be piloted in 2007 as part of a £21m deal signed with IBM.

The e-conveyancing service will eventually replace the current paper-based system with electronic documents and signatures that will make it quicker and cheaper to exchange documents and transfer funds when buying and selling properties.

2007 UK eConveyancing Pilot
TheLawyer.com
UK Land Registry and eConveyancing
Council of Mortgage Lenders
scottish viewpoint of electronic mortgage registration

Identity thief steals house


By STELLA M. CHAVEZ / The Dallas Morning News

FRISCO – James Cook talked Saturday about what it's like to return from a trip to find someone else claiming to own your home.

First is the fear.

He and his wife, Paula, spent their first night back in a walk-in closet, a steel pipe by their side, prepared for uninvited guests.

Then comes the disbelief.

They met a man who said he owned their house the next day.

"I said: 'Like hell you do. She does.' And I pointed to my wife," Mr. Cook, 48, said Saturday while standing in the house, which is currently vacant.

"It's very outrageous. Basically, you've had your house stolen."

Mr. Cook, an insurance adjuster, had been on a business trip in mid-June and his wife caring for her ailing mother in Oklahoma when their home's warranty deed was unknowingly transferred to another individual. The locks on the two-story house had been changed.

Frisco police Sgt. Gina McFarlin said the department is investigating the case. No charges have been filed.

Denton County property records list Carlos Ramirez of The Colony as the grantee on the home's warranty deed. It lists Paula Smart – Mrs. Cook's maiden name – as the grantor.

Another individual, whom police have not named, claimed to have put a $12,000 down payment on the house, authorities said.

Mr. Ramirez could not be reached for comment Saturday.

Mr. Cook said he and his wife had planned to sell their 3,400-square-foot home but had not yet put it on the market.

The Cooks have since moved to Shawnee, Okla., to be near Mrs. Cook's mother, who has cancer. But the distance hasn't helped, Mr. Cook said.

"We feel violated, angry and frustrated," he said.

Identity thief steals house