A new AI-driven conveyancing firm has launched aiming to tackle long-standing delays and inconsistency in the residential transaction process.
Farringdon, based in London and regulated by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers, is opening to agency referrals nationwide, with JLL and Streets Ahead Estate Agency Group among its first partners.
The firm is positioning itself as an AI-native conveyancer, designed to improve speed, communication and predictability in property transactions – areas that continue to frustrate buyers, sellers and agents alike.
Its launch comes against a backdrop of persistent transaction delays, with industry data showing average exchange times remain significantly longer than pre-pandemic levels, driven in part by bottlenecks within the conveyancing process.
TASK AUTOMATION
Farringdon says its model is built around automating repetitive tasks while giving earlier visibility of issues that typically emerge late in a deal, slowing progress.
Ed Boulle, Managing Director of Farringdon, says: “Moving home should be one of life’s best moments, but the process of making it happen can be extraordinarily stressful and unpleasant.
“Poor visibility, communication blackspots and bottlenecked information flows – all often created by the conveyancer’s lack of bandwidth – are problems buyers and sellers have come to expect as part and parcel of the process.
“At Farringdon, we’re throwing out those assumptions. We’ve designed our firm from the ground up around AI to prove that it is possible to deliver the same high quality experience consistently, regardless of the variables at play.
“Our AI-led approach isn’t designed with only buyers and sellers in mind, but for the agents and advisers working with them too. No agent or adviser wants to be left in the dark or for their client to reflect on their property transaction with dissatisfaction; it’s bad for business.”
REAL-TIME UPDATES
The firm’s approach includes using AI to help sellers complete documentation accurately at the outset, flagging risks and inconsistencies early, and predicting enquiries likely to be raised by the buyer’s conveyancer.
It also plans to introduce real-time updates via channels such as WhatsApp, aiming to reduce the need for agents to chase progress updates—an issue frequently cited as a drag on productivity.
Robert Aveling, Deputy Head of Residential Agency & Development at JLL, says: “A barrier for all agents to build business and win more sales is the amount of time and effort it takes to stay on top of current transactions and navigate communications between clients and conveyancers working on both sides of a deal.
“We’re looking forward to seeing how Farringdon can exploit AI efficiencies to deliver a consistent higher standard of service irrespective of their caseload or transaction complexity.”
And Scott Ayliffe, Owner of Streets Ahead Estate Agency Group, adds: “No agent wants to be caught off guard by a client who does not understand the advice they have been given by their conveyancer.
“Agents want to be kept in the loop, but all too often they are the last to know. Chasing updates takes time away from winning new business.
“What agents need is a reliable, consistent service, and Farringdon has both the technology and the legal expertise to deliver something genuinely exciting in this space. It is rare to find a firm that is equally built on legal knowledge and AI engineering.”
MODERNISING THE SECTOR
Farringdon has been founded by Ed Boulle (main picture, left), co-founder of Orbital, whose technology is already used by UK law firms handling around one in 10 residential transactions.
The firm is also backed by an experienced leadership team, including Chief Operating Officer Sue Bence (main picture, middle), formerly Chief Operating Officer at Simply Conveyancing, and Head of Legal Practice Sarah Debney (main picture, right), a Licensed Conveyancer with nearly 40 years’ experience.
Alongside its own growth ambitions, Farringdon plans to share its AI workflows with other conveyancing firms through Orbital’s network, positioning itself as part of a broader push to modernise the sector.
The firm will begin taking instructions from May 2026.
