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.
Please can I get a mortgage on Good Leasehold property....
MortgagesI have 2 semidetached houses with x1 BTL and the one I live in next door is on repayment mortgage with a different provider. HOw do I go about converting the 2 semi into a detached property?...
MortgagesI am buying a flat. The lease contains a restriction which is not on title. My solicitor is insisting that the sellers solicitors complete the RX1 form before completion. I am at risk of my mortgage offer expiring unless I complete soon. I believe I could...
Land RegistryIf a person has made a planning enquiry is the owner of the property entitled to know the identity of the person who made the planning enquiry
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We have been in the process of buying our first home with no chain at either end since the end of June. It is a "second hand" new build property built in 2018 and comes with an estate rent charge which we were told would be around £140 a year which we th...
Legal Indemnity InsuranceI am named on a previous title deed with my now ex partner.. I have had nothing to do with the house for 12yrs and this was signed over to my ex-partner. I am now applying for a new mortgage for a new property but have been told I need to remove my name f...
MortgagesMy neighbour wants to give me a few square metres of ground to straighten an irregular boundary. There'll be no charge so can a deed of gift be used, and would this be acceptable to the Land Registry (i.e. no further documentation be needed)?...
Land RegistryI placed my property as security for my brother's invoice factoring arrangement for his business. They placed a charge on my property.
My brother has since moved his invoice factoring facility to a new factoring company who do not require my property ...
UNDER RESTRICTED COVENANTS IT SAY NO COMMERCIAL USE WHAT DOES THAT COVER ON LAND DEEDS...
Land Registryy name
By some generic wording, e.g. "the proprietor for the time being” of the landlord’s title
It is always better to refer to the property management company, rather than the landlord...