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.
We are purchasing a property in joint names. One of them has now deceased. His name on the office copies is 'John' and on jis death certificate it is 'Joseph'. What will I need from the sellers solicitors?...
Sale/PurchaseThe sale of my mother's property has collapsed because the buyers' lenders wanted me to reword the lease as they queried access to the property. I refused to do so because it hasn't been an issue in the past and wasn't an issue for my parents when they bo...
Legal Indemnity InsuranceI OWN A TERRACED PROPERTY WHICH IS A 3 BED HOUSE AND A 1 BED FLAT. THEY ARE ON COMPLETELY SEPERATE UTILITIES AND BUILDING REGS AND PLANNING ARE IN PLACE.I AM LOOKING AT SPLITTING THE PROPERTIES ONTO 2 DEEDS WITH A FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD AS I AM STRUGGLING...
MortgagesHi,
I'm separating from my wife and would like to transfer the mortgage to her. She still resides in the house but it's only my name on the deeds. I've been told I need to 'gift her' the equity. Is this correct? What is the process of doing this? Thank...
My daughter has a quarter share in a house she lets to her mother. If she buys her own house is she liable for the extra 3% stamp duty?...
Sale/PurchaseWe have the council coming to see us as they say the annex is on the next door neighbours land. When we bought the house we had a full survey done and it wasnt picked up?
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My mother is transferring my deceased fathers property to herself (transfer by way of assent), but we have discovered in the proprietorship register a second paragraph that would indicate that there are a chain of indemnity covenants. ...
Transfers & GiftsI am in the process of taking my son off the mortgage & deeds and putting my wife on the mortgage and deeds.
1. Do I require a Declaration of Insolvency ?
2. Do I require Insolvency Indemnity Insurance ?
3. Do I require to do local searches ?...
We are joint tenants of a property we rent out - what is the procedure to transfer/gift my share of the property to my wife, entirelym making her the sole owner....
Transfers & Giftscan you reverse a transfer? we were misadvised and told to put each other's names on our respective mortgages as we weren't married. now the accountant tells us we are liable to Capital gains tax...
Transfers & Gifts