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.
We were purchasing a new build and selling our current home and last Tuesday (27th June) found out that the builders wanted to exhange of contracts on the Friday (30th June)as this was their year end and our new property was included on their figures. We received the contract, TR1 and lease to sign by recorded delivery on the Wednesday. The solicitor said she wanted it back by Thursday but my partner was away on business until Thursday evening so it wasn't possible, he did however hand deliver it on the Friday a.m. The buyers of our property however said they could exchange contracts on the Friday as they had a 'help to buy' isa they had to cash in and couldn't do that until the Saturday, they had made arranagemnts to see their solicitors today (4th July). On Friday 30th we were inundated with calls and emails from our solicitor, the builders and a company called 'moving made easy' who were responsible for co-ordinating the move, they wanted us to contact the buyer direct to emphasise the importance that exchange had to take place that day and even asked us to threaten our buyer to say we would pull out if we didn't! Also, at the 11th hour our buyer had asked us to reduce our property by £5k and we had said no, so the builder offered him a cheque for £5k on completion if he exchanged that day. He couldn't exchange so it didn't take place but we thought it would just all happen today. However on Sunday we were asked to go to the development and see the sale officer and he told us that the sale director had withdrawn or reservation on the plot and put it back up for sale £10k above the price we were paying for it. We have invested over £4k in design requirements, solicitors fees, mortgage valuation etc along with spending another £5k on new furniture and fittings. Can you please offer me some advice on how we stand with this situation?
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