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.
How do you measure the limit of indemnity if your client is acquiring a lease?...
SearchesI asked a question about LA searches several days ago. How long should I expect to wait for an answer?...
SearchesIf buying a house with cash (no mortgage) is a local authority search compulsory? If so, what other searches are compulsory rather than advisory?...
SearchesWhen a solicitor does a CCJ and bankruptcy search how far back do they go and how do they do the search?...
SearchesIam about the buy a studio flat on the third floor of a block of flats. The searches are working out nearly £300. Is it even worth purchasing them, as I imagine the freeholder would have responsibility of the environment issues around the block....
SearchesI wish to do a search on a single property. Can I do this without a subscription, please?...
SearchesPlease can someone explain what this means in leymans terms please. Does it mean I have to allow the neighbour access if they want to build?
That the purchasers shall not by virtue of this Deed be or become entitled to any right of light or air or other...
we are an agent trying to get a property exchanged. The local search was due back last week but apparently there is a delay due to building regs. The lender is the Halifax. ...
SearchesWe believe this is because we took a will out earlier this year which leaves the property in trust for our son. The restriction which appears on our title deed appeared at the same time as the will was completed. The remortgage solicitor states that the...
SearchesI am buying a new apartment in a converted mill. All the purchasers have agreed to use the same solicitors to save time and money however having received the quote they are charging each of us seperately for the conveyancy searches. I assume for the same ...
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