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.
I want to buy a house with a 999 year lease. Land Registry does NOT have the lease on file. The Landlord (E&M, London) have a copy of the lease. Should I buy the house (without Land Registry having an acceptable copy)? I don't want an indemnity policy.
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Hi, I would like to gift half of my property to my wife. We will both continue to live in the property. There is no mortgage or other interest in the property. The gift will be entirely free. Can you help me do this?...
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Sale/PurchaseCurrently selling a leasehold property solicitor now saying there is a problem with the "title" for the property ?...
Sale/PurchaseWe are buying a house and one of the owners is "missing". Their solictor was put down to sign on behalf of the missing person but then that solictor passed away. Do you know how long it takes to amend to another solicitor through the courts?...
Sale/PurchaseWe have been trying to sell our leasehold flat for 10 months but cannot complete due to the freeholder and their solicitor refusing to answer the seller's conveyancer's leasehold questions. Is there anything we can do or do we have an unsalable property?...
Sale/Purchasea strip of strip of land adjoining her property. Your client tells you
that she does not actually have any title deeds for this land. She has, however, had full and uninterrupted use of
the land for over forty years, and in fact fenced it off some twenty-...
The vendor of the house I am purchasing has inserted the wrong price on the contract. We have signed and exchanged..is the price legally binding on both parties or can the vendor break the contract and insist on the originally agreed price...
Sale/PurchaseI have recently bought a house where the seller stated on the SPIF that no modifications had been made to the property, in particular none that had a need for planning consent within the last 10 years.
I had a homebuyers survey carried out
The survey di...
I have a mortgage on a flat, of which the building has a management company that I occasionally deal with and pay far too much money to. I am moving to a new house and my solicitors require a "management pack" from this company. The company say I need to ...
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