--- title: Blog | ViewMyChain | Paul Halliwell description: The latest updates and insights from ViewMyChain --- [![View My Chain Logo](https://blog.viewmychain.com/hs-fs/hubfs/VMC%20Logo-2.jpg?height=76&name=VMC%20Logo-2.jpg)](https://viewmychain.com/) [Login](http://app.viewmychain.com/) [Request a Demo](https://viewmychain.com/en-gb/book-a-demo) - [Platforms](https://viewmychain.com/platforms) - [Conveyancers](https://viewmychain.com/conveyancer) - [Consumers](https://viewmychain.com/moveme) - [Estate Agents](https://viewmychain.com/estate-agents/) - [About Us](https://viewmychain.com/about-us/) - [Meet The Team](https://viewmychain.com/meet-the-team) - [Blog](https://blog.viewmychain.com/) - [Contact Us](https://viewmychain.com/contact-us/) - [Log In](http://app.viewmychain.com/) [Request a Demo](https://viewmychain.com/en-gb/book-a-demo) # Latest News Select Category Conveyancing Fall throughs General Home moving process Mio Partnerships Property Industry Focus Series Sales Progression Split Chains Testimonials This week in chain land Videos Posts by: ## Paul Halliwell [![Who Wins First in a Transparent Chain Environment?](https://blog.viewmychain.com/hubfs/Chain%20Stability.png)](https://blog.viewmychain.com/who-wins-first-in-a-transparent-chain-environment) Paul Halliwell, 02 April 2026 ### [Who Wins First in a Transparent Chain Environment?](https://blog.viewmychain.com/who-wins-first-in-a-transparent-chain-environment) As chain visibility becomes more widely available, the question of adoption shifts from whether to when. But there is a subtler question underneath: who benefits most... [Read More](https://blog.viewmychain.com/who-wins-first-in-a-transparent-chain-environment) [![The Hidden P&L Impact of Fragile Chains](https://blog.viewmychain.com/hubfs/Chain%20Breaks%20=%20No%20Pot%20of%20Money.png)](https://blog.viewmychain.com/the-hidden-pl-impact-of-fragile-chains) ### [The Hidden P&L Impact of Fragile Chains](https://blog.viewmychain.com/the-hidden-pl-impact-of-fragile-chains) Paul Halliwell, 31 March 2026 Most conveyancing firms think of chains as an operational problem — something that slows transactions down and creates extra work. That framing understates the issue.... [Read More ...](https://blog.viewmychain.com/the-hidden-pl-impact-of-fragile-chains) [![Why Good Conveyancers Look Inefficient (and What Visibility Changes)](https://blog.viewmychain.com/hubfs/Why%20Good%20Conveyancers%20Look%20Inefficient.png)](https://blog.viewmychain.com/why-good-conveyancers-look-inefficient-and-what-visibility-changes) ### [Why Good Conveyancers Look Inefficient (and What Visibility Changes)](https://blog.viewmychain.com/why-good-conveyancers-look-inefficient-and-what-visibility-changes) Paul Halliwell, 26 March 2026 In most conveyancing firms, performance is measured by activity: files progressed, enquiries answered, completions achieved. The difficulty is that without chain... [Read More ...](https://blog.viewmychain.com/why-good-conveyancers-look-inefficient-and-what-visibility-changes) [![Monday Morning With Chain Visibility: What's Actually Different ](https://blog.viewmychain.com/hubfs/Different%20on%20Monday.png)](https://blog.viewmychain.com/monday-morning-with-chain-visibility-whats-actually-different) ### [Monday Morning With Chain Visibility: What's Actually Different ](https://blog.viewmychain.com/monday-morning-with-chain-visibility-whats-actually-different) Paul Halliwell, 24 March 2026 The conceptual case for chain visibility has been made. But for any firm considering it, the question that matters is simpler: what actually changes in the day-to-day? ... [Read More ...](https://blog.viewmychain.com/monday-morning-with-chain-visibility-whats-actually-different) [![From Files to Chains: The Next Abstraction in Conveyancing](https://blog.viewmychain.com/hubfs/ChatGPT%20Image%20Feb%2024%2c%202026%20at%2002_02_20%20PM.png)](https://blog.viewmychain.com/from-files-to-chains-the-next-abstraction-in-conveyancing) ### [From Files to Chains: The Next Abstraction in Conveyancing](https://blog.viewmychain.com/from-files-to-chains-the-next-abstraction-in-conveyancing) Paul Halliwell, 24 February 2026 Over the past decade, conveyancing platforms have materially improved how individual transactions are processed. Compliance is tighter, documents are handled digitally,... [Read More ...](https://blog.viewmychain.com/from-files-to-chains-the-next-abstraction-in-conveyancing) [![Why Conveyancers Are Doing Coordination Work They Were Never Meant to Do](https://blog.viewmychain.com/hubfs/ChatGPT%20Image%20Jan%2027%2c%202026%20at%2003_05_09%20PM.png)](https://blog.viewmychain.com/why-conveyancers-are-doing-coordination-work-they-were-never-meant-to-do) ### [Why Conveyancers Are Doing Coordination Work They Were Never Meant to Do](https://blog.viewmychain.com/why-conveyancers-are-doing-coordination-work-they-were-never-meant-to-do) Paul Halliwell, 27 January 2026 For years, delays in property transactions have been quietly attributed to conveyancing. Too cautious. Too slow. Too overloaded.That framing misses something more... [Read More ...](https://blog.viewmychain.com/why-conveyancers-are-doing-coordination-work-they-were-never-meant-to-do) [![Why Home Buying Is Still Slow: A Coordination Problem, Not a Motivation Problem](https://blog.viewmychain.com/hubfs/Co-ordination.png)](https://blog.viewmychain.com/why-home-buying-is-still-slow-a-coordination-problem-not-a-motivation-problem) ### [Why Home Buying Is Still Slow: A Coordination Problem, Not a Motivation Problem](https://blog.viewmychain.com/why-home-buying-is-still-slow-a-coordination-problem-not-a-motivation-problem) Paul Halliwell, 12 January 2026 Every few years, the same question resurfaces: why does buying and selling a home still take so long, fall through so often, and feel so uncertain for consumers? [Read More ...](https://blog.viewmychain.com/why-home-buying-is-still-slow-a-coordination-problem-not-a-motivation-problem) [![Why Chain Intelligence Is Property’s Missing Smart Data Infrastructure](https://blog.viewmychain.com/hubfs/Chains.png)](https://blog.viewmychain.com/why-chain-intelligence-is-propertys-missing-smart-data-infrastructure) ### [Why Chain Intelligence Is Property’s Missing Smart Data Infrastructure](https://blog.viewmychain.com/why-chain-intelligence-is-propertys-missing-smart-data-infrastructure) Paul Halliwell, 05 January 2026 ## How Shared Visibility Can Transform the UK Property Market The UK property market does not fail because people do not work hard enough. It fails because no one can see... [Read More ...](https://blog.viewmychain.com/why-chain-intelligence-is-propertys-missing-smart-data-infrastructure) [![A Simple Map for a Busy Industry: The Signposting, the Rails, and the Trains](https://blog.viewmychain.com/hubfs/image.png)](https://blog.viewmychain.com/a-simple-map-for-a-busy-industry-the-signposting-the-rails-and-the-trains) ### [A Simple Map for a Busy Industry: The Signposting, the Rails, and the Trains](https://blog.viewmychain.com/a-simple-map-for-a-busy-industry-the-signposting-the-rails-and-the-trains) Paul Halliwell, 05 November 2025 Project 28 launched in September with something the property industry rarely achieves: genuine consensus. A clear target – 28 days from sale agreed to exchange – and... [Read More ...](https://blog.viewmychain.com/a-simple-map-for-a-busy-industry-the-signposting-the-rails-and-the-trains) [![UK Property Transactions Take 100+ Days. ViewMyChain Makes 28 Days Possible.](https://blog.viewmychain.com/hubfs/Charter%20-%20Email%20Header.jpg)](https://blog.viewmychain.com/uk-property-transactions-take-100-days.-viewmychain-makes-28-days-possible) ### [UK Property Transactions Take 100+ Days. ViewMyChain Makes 28 Days Possible.](https://blog.viewmychain.com/uk-property-transactions-take-100-days.-viewmychain-makes-28-days-possible) Paul Halliwell, 12 September 2025 *National chain-tracking platform provides the missing infrastructure to turn Project 28's ambitious target into reality.* [Read More ...](https://blog.viewmychain.com/uk-property-transactions-take-100-days.-viewmychain-makes-28-days-possible) [1](https://blog.viewmychain.com/author/paul-halliwell) [2](https://blog.viewmychain.com/author/paul-halliwell/page/2) [3](https://blog.viewmychain.com/author/paul-halliwell/page/3) Everyone who's not using our software is talking about it. 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