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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.
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My father died leaving everything to my mother. I am now helping her sell her house. My brother and I were executors for my fathers will . My parents were tenants in common in regard to their house. Do my brother and I have to sign the contract of transfer or can my fathers death certificate and copy of the will just be attatched
Although your parents owned the property as "tenants in common" this only relates to the equitable estate, or in layman's terms the proceeds of sale. The legal estate can only be hold as joint tenants. What this means in practice is that when a tenant in common dies leaving a sole surviving tenant in common the whole of the legal title passes tomorrow the survivor just as if they were joint tenants. The difference with tenants in common is that there needs to be two selllers (what us lawyers refer to as trustees) to overreach the interest of the deceased so that the buyer takes the property free from any third party interests. So your mother wi@l need to appoint a second trustee to sign the transfer deed with her and to receive the proceeds of sale with her. She can appoint anyone but as the second trustee is jointly responsible with her for making sure that your father's share is distributed properly it makes sense to appoint one of the executors. The appointment can be made in the transfer deed by putting the following words in panel 11 "I (your mother's name) in exercise of my statutory powers hereby appoint (the second trustee) to be a trustee of the Property along with myself for the purpose of giving a valid receipt for the purchase price"
Thank you so much for your response
Kind regards
Ann Colson