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.
Hello helpful advisers,
I need your expertise and advice.
I am currently in the process of completing and exchanging contracts for my house purchase (after 3 long months). My solicitor has asked me to produce bank statements to show source of funds, which I am ok with, and I have done as requested. My problem is that the funds were transferred from my Help to buy ISA and savings account, which are both in the same account (Nationwide).
Now, my solicitor wants me to show her the account details, with my name on the statements for both the ISA and savings account, which is impossible since it's all in one account.
I have sent her screenshots, bank statements with all the account details showing and I have even given her permission to phone my bank to verify the account, but she's still being uncooperative and insisting I send her what she's requested.
I am so frustrated with the way this is being handled. Please help. I need some sound advice.
She is covering herself with respect to money laundering. She wants to see an original document showing the funds so she ca n take a photocopy and the system is complete.
She is obliged to carry out anti-money laundering checks in response to Law Society guidelines and Solicitors Regulation Authority rules (and the source legislation). Each firm will interpret the guidance its own way but what she is asking is quite normal and you will need to liaise with her to satisfy her firm's anti-money laundering policies.
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