Whether you're a layman looking to understand your own transaction or a lawyer needing assistance with a client's conveyancing our step by step sale and purchase guides will lead you through the process while our mini guides will break the whole thing into manageable chunks and give a deep insight into the key issues and stages. Leasehold, freehold, unregistered, registered – we've got it all covered.
Need help with a remortgage or transfer of equity / deed of gift? Our guides will walk you through the process and highlight some of the common pitfalls. Mortgages and transfers can be very simple procedures but complex issues can sometimes arise and mistakes are easily made. These guides will help you deal with them.
So you want to have a go at your own conveyancing? First you should read about the risks, then if you're still happy to proceed, our guides will take you through each stage of the process telling you what to look out for and helping you avoid falling into expensive traps. Our subscription service will give you access to all of the documents you should need for your conveyancing and we can even supply you with the Land Registry Official Copies you'll need. Our general guides will cover all the obstacles you are likely to face and offer a practical solution. Have a look at our sale and purchase guides too.
A big part of the conveyancing process is the conveyancing searches. This section tells you all about them. What they are, how and when to order them and how to interpret the results. Each search has its own guide and you'll see they are separated into Standard (should be done in every case), Regional (area specific) and Optional (not essential but often useful tools for the would be purchaser). All buyers should beware that when you buy a property, the law assumes that you have seen the information that would have been revealed by searches whether or not you have actually carried them out, so you buy the property subject to the results.
Using a conveyancer to handle your conveyancing will greatly reduce the risk to you and sometimes, particularly if you are taking out a new mortgage, you will have no choice but to instruct a conveyancer. The good news is it doesn't have to break the bank. Get a free, instant quote here. We can also help with quick easy quotes for other moving related services.
Are you looking for the documents you'll need for your conveyancing transaction? Or official copies of the title or other documents from Land Registry. We can help you. Follow the links below.
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I own a property in the UK that my mother and father live in alone. I would like to transfer ownership of the property to my new wife as my ex-wife, who is an American citizen and lives in the USA, is threatening to put a lien on the house via the UK Land registry, because she believes that I will not pay child support for our son, who she abducted to the US, past the age of 18. I have great difficulty in regularly paying the child support as the state system does not permit me to use non US cheques, drafts, cash or credit cards and I am constantly looking for new methods of payment. She has done this once before but agreed to remove it in the US separation agreement 3 years ago. Am I able to transfer the ownership to my new wife and will this protect the property from my ex-wife if she attempts to put another lien on the house? I am the sole mortgage holder so will I need to change the name on the mortgage? If it is feasible could you advise the correct procedure or do I not need to worry about a non UK citizen registering an interest in my house....can I simply ask the Land registry to remove it? I am a UK citizen.
Thank you for you help
Anyone who has a legitimate claim to the equity in a property can register a restriction or notice to protect the priority of that interest, whoever the legal owner is. Getting a restriction or notice registered does not validate the interest claimed however, it merely protects the priority if it is valid. Registering a claim to an interest when no valid interest exists however is an offence and as the owner of the property you can sue for any loss you suffer a result of the registration. If your ex wife does try to register something again then speak to a solicitor immediately