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.
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We are currently in the process of selling my deceased mother's home as part of the estate for which we have probate and are at the point of exchange on a sale. My deceased brother was on the deeds of the property and not removed after he died. He died in 2016, intestate and without issue, and my mother died in 2019. She was his next of kin so whilst they were tenants in common, his share of property would have automatically gone to her as he had no will and no children or surviving parents and cohabited with my mother for all of his life at the property. As executors, we drew up a statutory declaration stating these facts to facilitate the sale. However, our buyers solicitors have now demanded we appoint a 2nd trustee, not related and with no interest in the estate. We have found such a person, but have been issued with a bundle of documents with legal implications to the person signing that seems to suggest liability and also ownership, neither of which we feel we can burden a non family member with. OUr conveyancers have told us they can provide the documents but refuse to give us any legal advice. Can you please clarify for us the situation this puts us in, what implications there are for the 2nd trustee if they sign, and if this will always be the case even though we have a statutory declaration legally witnessed.
Many thanks
Clare Taylor
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