A survey of public attitudes towards conveyancing services
Year: 2009
Researcher: ComRes
Who we spoke to: 1,004 adults who had used a solicitor to buy, sell or remortgage property in the past five years
How we spoke to them: By telephone
Download a summary of the key findings (PDF 6 pages, 540K) or download the full report (PDF 32 pages, 201K)
Overview
This report looks specifically at the opinions and experiences of people who have used a solicitor for conveyancing services.
Some key findings
- 21% of people say they have used a solicitor for conveyancing in the past five years, and of these 93% were satisfied with what happened.
- 50% of people we spoke to disagree that they would automatically use the solicitor referred to them by an Estate Agent if money changed hands for that referral
- 25% of people we spoke to feel it the most important quality a conveyancing solicitor can show is a good local knowledge of their property
What we did with the results
As the most commonly-used legal service we need to fully understand what consumers think and experience throughout the process, to make sure that we respond to risks associated with conveyancing services in the most suitable way. This research study helped us to build our evidence on conveyancing from the consumers perspective to better-inform our policies and our regulatory work.