The E-Homebuying Forum comprises industry leaders who are frustrated with lack of progress in improving the home buying and selling process over the last ten years. We have the technology, the commercial nous and the political will to make the process better for buyers and sellers, but the initiatives introduced by government have not fully delivered on this potential.

We are working in collaboration with Government and industry groups to encourage the development of commercially viable initiatives that deliver "Faster Certainty" to homebuyers and sellers.

The E-Homebuying Forum first published its Blueprint for the Future of Homebuying in March 2009. The Blueprint sets out recommendations for improvements to the home buying an selling process that, if adopted, would bring greater efficiency, transparency and commitment to the process - ultimately bringing faster certainty to consumers.

You can download the latest version of the Blueprint here:

Download the E-Homebuying Forum Blueprint

Sir Bryan Carsberg, President

Sir Bryan Carsberg became the first President of The E-Homebuying Forum in Spring 2010.

He was the first Director General of Oftel, holding this position from 1984 to 1992 when he became the Director General of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), a post he held until 1995.

In June 2008, Sir Bryan published his Review of Residential Property, commissioned jointly by RICS, NAEA and ARLA. The widely-respected report looked at whether or not active regulation of estate agents should be introduced and whether action can be taken to improve the efficiency and certainty of the home buying and selling process.

Sir Bryan also currently President of Locus, the trade association for users of public sector information, is Chairman of the Council of Loughborough University and a non-executive director of RM plc, Novae Group PLC, Inmarsat plc and a member of British Telecom’s Equivalence of Access Board. He was an independent, non-executive director of Cable and Wireless Communications plc from 1997 to 2000 and non-executive Chairman of MLL Telecom Ltd from 1999 to 2002.

Sir Bryan Carsberg was Professor of Accounting and Business Finance and Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Social Studies at Manchester University, before becoming professor of accounting at the London School of Economics from 1981 to 1984. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England.

Mark Riddick, Chairman

Mark Riddick has been Chairman of the E-Homebuying Forum since it was established in April 2008.

With over 20 years experience in the property search market, Mark transformed the conveyancing search market by launching PSA, the first private search company and did so again by launching SearchFlow the first online search provider in 2001.

In April 2006, the Canadian firm MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates (MDA) acquired the SearchFlow and PSA brands, merging them with their existing online search business – Transaction Online. Mark was the CEO of the resultant business, MDA SearchFlow Ltd., and assumed responsibility for establishing the UK wide MDA Business group which he headed up until December 2008.

Mark is now the independent Chairman of the E-Homebuying Forum. He is heavily involved and influential in the debate on the future of home buying and selling and e-conveyancing. He is the founder of the Property Forum and a Director of PISCES, the global standard for electronic exchange of real estate information. In 2003 Mark was recognised by the National Business Awards as Entrepreneur of the year.