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.
Hi,
I am in the process of buying my first property. I am buying the property direct from the owner who currently has tenants renting the property to which he has given notice. All the searches etc. have been done and solicitor tells me that we are ready to exchange. Tenants should move out within a max 6 weeks from now or earlier.
Should I exchange with condition of completion within 6/7 weeks (i.e. I have piece of mind that the seller won't back off, and also that he makes sure that the tenants leave the place as soon as possible) .. or wait until place is vacant.
(must add that the place is in need of a make-over so not really bothered about any particular 'normal' damage tenants might do in these weeks.)
There are risks whichever way you proceed. If you exchange now and the tenants do not leave although you will not be obliged to complete until they've gone the fact is you will not have possession of the property in till they have left. On the other hand if you delay exchange until the tenant leaves then you have no security that your seller will sell to you in the end. It sounds like the actual date of completion is not that important to you in that you are not going to be homeless on the day of completion if you cannot move in so perhaps you should exchange now