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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I jointly own a property with my brother and we both have used it as our main residence for about 8 years. I have recently purchased a new home to use as my main residence and will be keeping/not selling the jointly owned home as this will be my brothers main residence, but will I will not live there and will stay as jointly owned.
I have asked my solicitor if I will need to pay stamp duty and they have said as the home is less than the £125,000 threshold and even though it is an additional property, I would not need to pay SDLT, however, I don't think that it is correct. Can you confirm if my solicitor is correct?
If you are buying a second home (and not selling your previous main residence) you would be a higher rate payer. You can check out the calculation here: https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/calculate-stamp-duty-land-tax/#/intro
In brief, yes you would pay SDLT and at the higher rate. If your purchase is over £40,000 then an SDLT return needs to be filed. Your solicitor is in for a surprise.
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