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.
The seller of a property has granted power of attorney, on this document she added a second middle name that she used but was not born/registered as, Land Registry has her property listed with only one middle name, the sellers solicitor is advising is to say on the TR1 form that the seller used both names, buyers solicitor says the names should match, sellers solicitor say they will not update the name with land Registry nor give a full guarantee to resolve any issues that may arise with land registry. Buyers solicitor stands buy the names should match, who is correct?
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It is impossible to predict with certainty how the land registry will react here and they will not give an opinion until the application to register the transfer is lodged (at which point completion will of course have already taken place). On a strict interpretation of the rules they should raise a requisition asking for evidence that both the donor and the proprietor are one and the same person or a statement from a conveyancer to that effect. With that in mind the buyer's conveyancer is correct. Updating the proprietor's name on the register is free and should only take a few days. My view is that if the seller's conveyancer is completely confident there will be no requisitions then there is no reason not to give an undertaking that he will deal with any that arise but if on the other hand he does think there is a risk then it is unreasonable to expect the buyer to take on the risk.