The founding members are Groundsure, Landmark Legal, SearchFlow and Geodesys.

The purpose of the CIE is to raise data quality and content standards, in property searches used in the UK conveyancing process.

With the conveyancing industry evolving and the growing role of technology and data, the establishment of the CIE is timed to fill the void that exists around data governance, provenance and transparency.

Having received numerous declarations of interest already, the CIE is now open for membership. There are two tiers of membership – CIE Member and CIE Industry Partner.

Chris Loaring, managing director at Landmark Legal and Argyll Environmental, commented: “Landmark Legal has been at the forefront of the property data industry for over two decades and, with digitisation, AI and open source data set to increase its footprint in the conveyancing industry, we all face new challenges.

“In particular, there is a need to carefully balance the progression made possible by technological advances with a renewed focus on the underlying data foundation on which they are based. We believe that the Conveyancing Information Executive makes this possible.

“The CIE aims to provide a rigorous and transparent approach to property search governance standards, with data integrity, accuracy and transparency underpinning values in the overall provision of conveyancing search products, both today and in the future.”

For more information, or to apply for membership, visit www.conveyinfoexec.com.