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.
Must a conveyancing solicitor ensure that searches are up to date at the point of exchange/completion? We were not told of planning permission applied for by the ground floor leaseholders of our building, although it was applied for before we exchanged....
Sale/Purchasei recently sold a property for 140k with a 110k bridging loan on it , a redemption figure was obtained, and the sale went to completion , my solicitor retained £6k of the funds in case the buyers solicitors fail to release the charge from the land regist...
Sale/PurchaseHi, our chain has collapsed and we have been given the option to be bought our by barrat homes so our sale still goes ahead. Do you get less money by doing this?...
Sale/PurchaseDoes uncleared funds mean money there but not cleared or that the funds are not there?...
Sale/PurchaseHi I have just agreed a purchase price for a flat at £128K from my landlord, as it needs a lot of work inside and out, however Ive just had a homebuyers report done the valuation came in at £150k will my solicitor ask me to get indemnity insurance, or a...
Sale/PurchaseI understand a buyer who pulls out after exchange of contracts gets heavily penalised, which is what I'm worried my buyer may do. But what happens with the house I'm purchasing? At the end of the day I'm also a buyer but if my sale falls through I won't b...
Sale/PurchaseHi i am in the process of getting divorced and we are selling the family home in order for us each to rebuy. Once we have an offer on the shared property and if i find a property first that I wish to buy, can I exchange contracts in order to secure the p...
Sale/PurchaseI am with solicitor who is in Natwest panel, but now I am finding out that solicitor would like to charge me for representing NatWest. Why if she is in NatWest panel already? ...
Sale/PurchaseI have been sent form TR1 for signing by my conveyancer for the sale of my property. I have been instructed to not ammend the form in anyway apart from signing. When I sign this form should the transferee field be blank? Feels a bit like signing a blank c...
Sale/PurchaseYou have a list of Transfer clauses at http://freeconveyancingadvice.co.uk/diy-conveyancing/transfer-clauses
We added one to a TP1 that gave the Transferor 8 weeks to erect a boundary fence around their property (adjoins ours) needless to say they hav...