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.
specimen contract for sale of land...
DIY ConveyancingHi. I live in a 4-property freehold. My residence is currently in the name of my mother. I am planning to move and (obviously!) with the consent of my mother, would like to sign the property over into my name prior to sale. What is the procedure for this?...
Transfers & GiftsHi,
Please could you tell me if your conveyancing contract (£7.50) for freehold registered land is a downloadable form, or do you send a paper one?
Also, please confirm it has nothing written across it, like SPECIMEN.
Many thanks,
Andy...
Do we get compensation?...
Sale/PurchaseI need to get an ID1 form siged. According to the form and to your webiste, a barrister, lawyer or legal executive can certify my identity, but do they need to be qualified in propertly law in order to do this, can they specialise in e.g. criminal law and...
DIY ConveyancingWho should be dealing with the Notice of the Assignment and who should be paying the fee. ...
Sale/PurchaseCan a single form AN1 be used to register an agreed notice in favour of two beneficiaries. For example where a couple, being the registered owners of a property, give each other an option to purchase....
Land RegistryHello,
We are in the process of buying a house which is a leasehold. Everything was going to plan until it came to light that the freeholder, a limited management company, had dissolved in 2006 and didn't release the freehold. Therefore, it has become bo...
Must I hire a solicitor to sell a property....
Sale/PurchaseHaving done so before, I am hoping to act for myself in the sale of a property. It has no mortgage. Can my estate agent be my deposit stakeholder? Can the final money transfer come direct to the sellers still?...
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