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.
My wife and I want to convey £11,000 worth of a property that we jointly own to our daughter. The propery is worth £350,000. The £11,000 limit s to keep under the gift limit. Net result would be that property would have 3 owners, albeit not all with equal share/amount. Is it possible and if so can any solicitor do the conveyancing?
You should probably speak to a solicitor specialising in wills and trusts before you do anything to make sure this is the best way for you to proceed but if you decide it is then the transaction is a 2 to 3 transfer of equity and yes any conveyancer should be able to do it. You can specify who owns the equity in terms of % shares in the transfer deed but if you specifically want your daughter to to be entitled to £11,000 then a separate deed of trust will be required. If there is a mortgage on the property you'll need the consent of your lender and they will probably require your daughter to become jointly and severally liable for the mortgage. Note that if she already owns a property she may have to pay higher rate stamp duty on this transaction (if you have a mortgage) and if she doesn't then if she buys a property in future she will have to pay higher stamp duty, which is an extra 3% of the purchase price on top of what she would pay normally.