Why we started, and where we are headed.
We're not new to this sector. Collaborative Conveyancing is led by Chris Harris and Karen Babington, who have worked together since 1999 and have spent their careers building businesses that conveyancers actually use.
Together, Chris and Karen created Lawyer Checker, which became part of the standard risk process for firms across the country, along with Today's Conveyancer and the British Conveyancing Awards.
Karen ran easier2move, delivering conveyancing at volume, and served as Corporate Sales Director at board level for the UK's largest conveyancing group.
Chris started where our clients are: in a residential property department, running files. "There must be a better way" wasn't a slogan for him, it was the thought that woke him at 2am. It still drives him now. Every year he sits down and asks what conveyancers will need in three years' time, and that thinking shapes where we go next.
We've built the tech, we've shaped the sector, and we've done the legal work. That combination is in everything we do. And our shareholders come from across the property and lending industry, so the people backing us understand exactly what we're building and why.
Software has never been faster or cheaper to build, which means the market will fill up with tools made by people who have never worked a live file. Speed of building is no longer the differentiator. Knowing what to build is. That's why everything we make is designed and pressure-tested by people who are doing the job right now.
We use our tools to support the people who make home buying happen, never to replace them. And we are committed to making home buying better.