Conveyancing Milestones - 50 years

A brief critique on the history and milestones of conveyancing practice from 1955 to 2005. Company share titles to the Wang wordprocessor, Vendor Disclosure to Digital & Electronic Conveyancing, yesterday today and tomorrow.

The father of modern conveyancing -

1857 Real Property (South Australia) Act - Sir Robert Richard Torrens

From a Victorian perspective

• 1950s
  
  
  
  • Company Share
    
  • Stratum Title
    
  
  
• 1960s
  
  
  
  • Strata Title
    
  
  
• 1970s
  
  
  
  • Wang Word Processing
    
  
  
• 1980s
  
  
  
  • Fax Machine
    
  • WordPerfect for DOS
    
  • Data Merging with Documents - LawPerfect
    
  • Vendor Disclosure - Vendor Statements
    
  • Subdivision Act 1988
    
  
  
• 1990s
  
  
  
  • Electronic Title Searching
    
  • Browser Title Searching & Brokers
    
  • Off the Plan Sales
    
  
  
• 2000
  
  
  
  • www.realestate.com.au
    
  • www.domain.com.au
    
  • mortgage brokers come to the fore
    
  
  
• 2005 -
  
  
  
  • Data + Document Merging
    
  • XML data interchange between industry sectors
    
  • LIXI XML standards for electronic mortgage applications
    
  • PDF as the document standard
    
  • Digital Conveyancing Networks
    
  • Electronic Settlements and Lodgments
    
  • Digital Contracts + digital signatures
    
  • Scanners replace the photocopier
    
  • Digital Archives
    
  • Zillow like mapping
    
  
  

I would love to hear comments from fellow practitioners of the art of conveyancing

Conveyancing milestones