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.
Buying a property with no planning permission
Pros and cons of indemnity insurance...
I purchased a narrow strip of land from neighbouring farmer; approximately 300mm wide. I paid £2K; this wasn't the true value and worth less than that. I note in the form ID1 that it doesn't have to be completed if the value of the land was less than £...
Transfers & Gifts...
Legal Indemnity InsuranceWhat are the charges for equity transfer...
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I completed half a day late [instead of 1pm on the Wed it was midday Thurs]I paid the necessary penalty to the sellers solicitor approx £240,but after 2 months the seller is asking/claiming compensation for extra incurred costs does this have any leg...
Hi, I am in a process of buying a house, in fact exchange of contracts and completion dates have been agreed but I have lost my job last Friday and I know I am supposed to let my bank(mortgage lender)to know that. However the estate agent is convincing me...
Sale/Purchaseif I repay my mortgage early, must I get a solicitor involved? how do I transfer the deeds from land registry from the banks name to my own?...
Land RegistryI sold a leashold flat and between exchange and completion the leaseholder rebuilt a garden wall the cost of which will be billed to 6 flats. Will I be liable for the cost of will my buyer as he was technically responsible for the flat after exchange. ...
Sale/PurchaseCan a barn conversion that has been finished and building regs signed off in last 2 months get indemnity insurance against not having final letter of approval from local authority saying planning conditions were met? LA say they wont issue this letter, ne...
Legal Indemnity InsuranceI am seeking to switch mortgage lender. My parents have a 2nd charge on the house, and the new lender's legal team have prepared a deed of postponement for my parents to sign, so that the mortgage lender's charge has priority of theirs. In addition to sig...
Mortgages