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.
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My wife and I intend to get divorced amicably with a 50/50 split of the marital home which is solely in my name and has been valued at £240,000. The mortgage is also in my name and there is £20,000 left to pay. We have agreed that she will get a mortgage to pay me £130,000. I will use £20,000 of that to pay the mortgage off which will leave me £110,000 to go towards a new property for me. She will be left with a home valued at £240,000 with a £130,000 mortgage and £110,000 equity. Can you please advise on what we need to do next and can the transfer of the property to my wife take place before the divorce is completed, assuming we have a consent order where the finances have been agreed?
There is no reason you cannot transfer the property prior to completion of the divorce unless there already a court order in place directing you to do something else. Of course, a court might subsequently order that you give some of the £110,000 to your wife or that she realises more equity from the property and makes a payment to you. In terms of the process of the transfer, your wife will need to instruct a solicitor (her new lender will insist) and the solicitor will sort out the paperwork. They will recommend that you instruct a solicitor as they cannot act for both of you and whilst this is the correct advice, you are not obliged to.