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.
I'm preparing to apply for a mortgage, and I have a history of poor credit, including a past IVA registration that has since been removed. I'm curious if the solicitor's bankruptcy search will uncover my previous IVA details. Is it possible for me to obta...
Mortgagesso how do we transfer ownership?...
Sale/PurchaseI've registered, what do I do now?...
Sale/PurchaseHi if my sister is buying out her ex boyfriend from their main residence, the property is valued at £270,000 but she also has just inherited a 50:50 split of a second property from her late father, does she need to still pay the higher rate sdlt? There a...
Sale/PurchaseHello, we’ve been told that our lender (Halifax) won’t lend due to there being an absent management company for the external communal area. (They have agreed an Indemnity policy is okay for the absent landlord)...
Landlord & LeasesIs my new build conveyancing solicitor responsible for ensuring that planning permission requirements were met? And if later found to be that the solicitor missed a planning requirement leading to an enforcement notice being served on us a new owners - is...
Planning & Building RegsI own an unregistered property that was bought in 1980 and mortgage paid off in 1996, the lender was looking after the deeds but are now going to send them to me. How much would you charge to register the property that has no mortgage on it....
Land RegistryThe name on the land registry for the deceased proprietor is Middle Name, First Name compared to First Name, Middle Name on the Grant of Probate. Can it be changed on the Land Registry in the event of sale?...
Land RegistryI am selling property with floored attic. There were beams that were from the roof to nearly the middle of the attic floor. When these were taken away they were replaced by joists at the sides and at the top of the roof.
Thereby making walls and a ceili...
Hi, our TR1 form is a TIC with a 60/40 split. However I’ve been paying 50/50 on the mortgage. Will the 60/40 split only relate to the initial transfer price, so any profit after that amount will be split 50/50 or will it be the whole sale price of the p...
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