Data & Insights

Homebuying isn’t slow because the data doesn’t exist. It’s slow because it arrives too late and can’t be reused. PEXA was delighted to partner with CtrlShift on a new report, based on its recent Smart Property Data Clinic, which captures the collective insights from leaders across property, finance and technology on how to fix that.

Why the real challenge in homebuying starts at completion - Insights from CtrlShift’s Smart Property Data Clinic Report

Innovation and Tech

During UK Fintech Week last month, we attended the headline conference, the Innovate Finance Global Summit (IFGS), which brought together business leaders and policymakers.

From ambition to reality: How FinTech is shaping the future of property transactions

What it means for conveyancers, lenders, and the future of property transactions.

Why the UK’s smart data strategy matters for the property industry

The recent King’s Speech covered a wide range of topics, and in this blog we look behind the headlines and summarise why it could prove to be significant for the way we buy and sell homes in the UK.

The King’s speech and the future of digital property transactions

Client Stories

Completion day is where the stakes are highest. It’s the moment money exchanges for title, and it often comes with intense time pressure, multiple handoffs, large sums of money and a lot of coordination behind the scenes. For conveyancers and finance teams alike, it can be one of the most stressful parts of the process.
Guest Walker, a York law firm, has now onboarded with PEXA and completed a transaction using our digital completions infrastructure. Their experience is a useful real-world example for other firms exploring what adoption looks like in practice: what it takes to get started, what changes (and what doesn’t), and where the time and certainty can be won back.

Digital completion in practice: Guest Walker’s first transaction through PEXA

Building societies and mutual-owned banks account for nearly a third of all UK mortgages and a similar proportion of new mortgage lending, meaning that the sector plays a critical role in supporting home ownership in the UK. In this blog we reflect on this year’s Building Societies Association (BSA) Annual Conference in Edinburgh.

BSA Conference 2026: Digital expectations are rising, but human support still key

In March we attended the Pay360 conference in London, which brought together industry and policy leaders from across payments, banking and FinTech. As a provider of new payment rails for UK property transactions, this was a relevant event for PEXA, and in this blog post we have provided a summary.

How payments innovation is influencing the homebuying process

The digitalisation of the UK’s mortgage process will, if the policymakers get their way, start to accelerate and boost the overall economy. “Financial World” takes a look at some of the aims and at some of the recent steps forward.

The house and the mouse

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s Home Buying and Selling Reform (MHCLG) consultation signifies positive progress for the industry, including brokers and lenders. It is garnering the government support it needs to drive change and encourage ongoing private investment in the right technology and infrastructure to support all stakeholders involved in property transactions.

Streamlining the home buying and selling process safely and securely

Regulation

It’s long been a frustration for conveyancers that they can carry a disproportionate share of the risk when things go wrong &#8211; even though a property transaction involves multiple parties and handoffs.

Client money, fraud and regulation: Why completion risk calls for a more systemic approach

Fraud

Fraud in property transactions rarely starts with sophisticated technology. More often, it begins with trust: a plausible email, a quick update to bank details, or a last-minute change that lands just as money is about to move. So the practical question is simple: how do you turn compliance into controls that genuinely protect clients at the point of completion?

Protecting the moment money moves: Practical completion controls

The way homes are bought and sold in the UK has long been shaped by fragmentation, uncertainty and manual processes &#8211; creating delays, risk and cost for consumers and the professionals who support them.

Future Property Transactions Group Report

As the UK property sector starts to embrace digital transformation, confidence at the point of completion matters more than ever. This is the moment where risk, operational pressure and client expectations all converge – and where stronger digital collaboration can help make the biggest difference.
This article explores how secure, integrated digital infrastructure can help lenders and conveyancers deliver a more certain, secure and trusted completion experience.

The future of completions: Delivering certainty, security and confidence in every property transaction

Fraud in property continues to evolve. Our Fraud Awareness Week series brought together regulatory bodies, law firms, lenders, insurers, technology providers, and law enforcement to focus on what works: collaboration, trustworthy data flows, and secure payment rails.
This piece is a practical read for conveyancers and lenders to help reduce exposure at completion, turn policy into everyday process, and evidence points for insurers, delivering safer, more predictable completions.

Securing completions together: Shared standards, culture, and payment rails for a more secure fraud landscape

PEXA recently participated in the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) Hackathon, a collaborative initiative delivered through the Smart Property Data Trust Framework Sandbox project.

PEXA demonstrates how trusted completion notifications could transform moving day

Events

This September, we officially launched PEXA’s UK platform with a nationwide roadshow series, Confidence in Completions: The Road Ahead. From Leeds to London, hundreds of conveyancers, lenders, regulators and industry experts joined us to explore how digital innovation can transform property transactions in England and Wales.

Wrapping up the Road Ahead: Launching PEXA in the UK

As part of International Fraud Awareness Week, PEXA hosted a webinar series bringing together experts from regulatory bodies, law firms, insurance, technology providers and law enforcement to unpack how fraud is evolving &#8211; and what the industry can do to stay ahead.

PEXA blog

PEXA demonstrates how trusted completion notifications could transform moving day

Why the real challenge in homebuying starts at completion - Insights from CtrlShift’s Smart Property Data Clinic Report

From ambition to reality: How FinTech is shaping the future of property transactions

Why the UK’s smart data strategy matters for the property industry

The King’s speech and the future of digital property transactions

Digital completion in practice: Guest Walker’s first transaction through PEXA

Wrapping up the Road Ahead: Launching PEXA in the UK

International Fraud Awareness Week: Insights from PEXA’s Webinar Series

Why the real challenge in homebuying starts at completion - Insights from CtrlShift’s Smart Property Data Clinic Report

From ambition to reality: How FinTech is shaping the future of property transactions

Why the UK’s smart data strategy matters for the property industry

The King’s speech and the future of digital property transactions

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