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.
My solicitor has just received our mortgage offer however she has said she can't act for the lender as they always use their own solicitor. she says it will add lots of extra time and paperwork to the case and will delay our completion date by a long way....
Sale/PurchaseI was given an entry date of June 1st and told to have all funds available by May 31st, which I duly transferred on May 22nd. Now the Senior Legal Executive working on my conveyancing has told me (with 48 hours' notice) that this entry date looks unlikely...
Sale/PurchaseHI, there is a plot of land behind my property (any a number of other properties) that the council own and they believe they can sell for development. I put together a case stipulating that due to legislation the purposed houses are too close to my house....
Sale/PurchaseI am trying to sell a 1 bed flat. I have had 2 buyers in 6 months. The first one fell through as the surveyor claimed the flat was worth zero as the block (12 flats over 3 floors) was fully tenanted . This was via natwest. The 2nd buyer went with nationwi...
Sale/PurchaseIs it a requirement for the seller to have their solicitor undertak a leasehold investigation for the property. I would have thought this to be the purchasers responsibility....
Sale/PurchaseMy solicitor has previously quoted me a price for my house purchase but keeps adding charges ...
Sale/PurchaseI am currently living in a rented property which is my main residence, if I were to stay in rented and purchase a buy to let flat would I be liable to pay stamp duty?...
Sale/PurchaseIn the clause below taken from the TP1 are you able to advise please what the Perpetuity Period (defined as 80 years 14 years ago) actually mean.
Does it mean that we can use the roads for the next 66 years providing we contribute? Or does it mean that...
Hi - I bought a flat in my sole name in 2002 and have since married. I am now in the process of selling the property and would like to apply a declaration of trust in the order of 50/50 with my wife ahead of exchange contracts and completion such that we ...
Sale/PurchaseSeller has demanded we put asking price in his solicitors Client Account........ Is this acceptable......???...
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