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 have recently had a lot of trouble from my solicitors with getting things done, it has taken me two weeks just to get in touch with her and now everyone else's property is completing this month so naturally I'm under pressure from the estate agent I need a completion date of the 28th of August and she has already been instructed for 4 weeks and has just now said that the draft contracts are going to title review. I have not requested any searches, it is a cash purchase of a new build and there is no chain and as I have a lot of time right now, I wondered would it just be faster to do my own conveyancing to get it completed by the 28th of this month?
Many thanks,
Julia Main
Even doing the conveyancing yourself you have a very tight deadline. A transaction from start to finish will typically take around 4 to 6 weeks. It is true that this is partly because your conveyancer will not always be able to deal with everything the moment that it arrives on his desk but you do have to consider that there are other parties which you cannot control but whom you are relying on to ensure a swift process. My advice would be to settle for a more realistic deadline of perhaps the end of September and to discuss the delays with your conveyancer and to ask to speak to somebody more senior if you think it's necessary