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Liverpool champions new property search service

Monday, 9 May 2005 12:00 AM

Property searches in Liverpool will be reduced to just one day under the introduction of a new service.

Liverpool City Council has set up an electronic connection to the National Land Information Service (NLIS), cutting nine days from the time it takes people to moving house in or relocating to Liverpool.

The council has streamlined its departmental computer systems; bringing them together so solicitors can submit search requests online and process them at one central point.

This means that searches no longer have to pass through several departments, reducing delays for homebuyers.

An added bonus of the streamlined system is that not only is it quicker, but cheaper too.

It is a long way from the old system of paper searches, which required co-operation from several council departments including legal services, planning, environmental health, building control and highways.

Liverpool city council chief executive, Sir David Henshaw, said: "Liverpool is now a property hot-spot and this project helps to take away the strain for thousands of people moving house or relocating to Liverpool. The new system means we can complete and validate searches in just one day - a tenth of the existing time.

"It's great news for home buyers, and will make finding a new home much quicker, easier and cheaper. There are many reasons why Liverpool is becoming so popular with home buyers, and this is yet another incentive to relocate here."

The new system will be launched at Liverpool Town Hall on Tuesday.

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