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 parents are not divorced but have lived separately in different properties for 30 years.
Sadly my Mum has been told she only has weeks to live .
Her property is in her name only .
Can she transfer to my father to avoid probate etc , it is likely he will live in property and sell his.
There would be no inheritance tax due in my mum or dads deaths .
Please help as I'm trying to make things as easy as possible at a vety difficult time . My mum is mentally fine , but not sure if transferring ownership would require medical evidence of her mental capacity either .
Assuming there is no mortgage on the property then there is no reason your mother cannot transfer it by signing a simple TR1 form and form ID1 (countersigned by a solicitor). The gift of the property to your father would be treated as a bequest in her will for Inheritance Tax purposes. The only way that the transaction might be called into question would be if someone who might otherwise inherit the property challenged whether your mother mentally fit to make the gift or whether she was the subject of any undue influence. If there is any such person then she should instruct a solicitor (one who can see her person and perhaps one who is part of a group called "Solicitors for the Elderly") to deal with the transfer