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 am buying a leasehold flat. On the last page of the Certified Copy of the Lease, the Freeholder has signed (and had the signature witnessed) but there is no signature by the Lessee (and hence no witness either). The leasehold title is registered in the ...
Landlord & LeasesIf transfer of equity takes place on two properties each jointly owned by 'tenants on common' who wish to each own one of the properties individually, what is the rate of stamp duty payable IF it is necessary for a settlement to be paid by one of the owne...
Transfers & GiftsI have previously asked if an LA Search is compulsory to which you replied that it is not, although strongly advised.
I now read in your Purchase Conveyancing Guide that an OS1 (valid for 6 weeks) must be valid when the application for registration is su...
The freeholder of my property lived downstairs and owned the freehold to both properties under two separate titles. The property has since been repossessed and only the freehold title to the downstairs property was transferred to the new owner and the or...
Landlord & LeasesI am in the process of buying a flat. My solicitor is refusing to continue with my purchase unless I take out an indemnity policy, as the current owner laid wood flooring in one room, without telling the landlord. This solicitor will charge £150 for putt...
Legal Indemnity InsuranceI see on this site that the church had to register for chancel liabilities by 2012. Does this mean that if I buy a property that has not been registered with the Land registry as yet that I don't need to worry about chancel claims , ie that I don't need t...
SearchesI currently have a joint mortgage with my brother. He has said he wants me to either buy him out or we sell. Myself and my boyfriend have taken out a remortgage to pay of the existing mortgage and give him his share of the equity. There was £8000 left fr...
MortgagesHi, I own 25% of a property worth £50k with 2 other parties owning the remainder. I would like to sell part of my share to one of the other parties i.e. transfer 5% equity in the house from myself to the other party, so that I am left with 20% share wor...
DIY Conveyancingmy brother kicked me out of our house as he pays the mortgage but im on the land registry and want off i dont live there and my brother will not speak to me so how can i go about this without my bother present ...
Land RegistryI own one house (no mortgage) which i wish to gift to my son, i have a mortgage on my home which I will keep and will not change.
The house I am giving my son as a gift he will live in but wants to sell.
How to do this and what fee's will we incur?
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