Legalities
Below are our 14 articles in the legalities' category:
The concept of affordable housing was set up by the Government to answer the need for low-income families to be able to get on the property ladder....
Unfortunately, and despite conveyancing being a lucrative trade, there are conveyancers who don’t deliver the standard of service you expect. From...
Unless you happen to be in the enviable position of being able to buy without a mortgage then you are going to need searches. Of course, it is...
During 10 years as a Senior Conveyancer one of the things I had to explain most often was the difference between EXCHANGE OF CONTRACTS and...
What is Indemnity Insurance?
Simply put it is a legal tool whereby DEFECTS in the TITLE or PLANNING problems, to name just two, are effectively...
No matter how thorough your conveyancer is and irrespective of how many questions you ask before you complete, there is always a chance that there...
To survey or not to survey; facts are the question. In the rush to move house and save money where possible it may be tempting to avoid having a...
A covenant is essentially a promise to do, or not do, something on or to the property. A restrictive covenant is as it sounds; you are restricted...
A conveyancing completion statement can be one of the most confusing documents you will receive, but they should all have some elements in common....
A remortgage is simply the word used to change who loans you the money SECURED on it. There are a number of reasons to do this; you may want to...
The introduction of the Home Information Pack is perhaps the most controversial and far-ranging overhaul of the Conveyancing system. There have...
For hundreds of years land registration law has been a complicated area which has been governed by different pieces of legislation. As part of an...
Equity is the legal term for the cash amount held in your property. For instance if your house is worth £150,000 and you have £100,000 outstanding...
There is very little certainty about a house sale until completion takes place. Whilst exchange of contracts is a very definite step towards a...
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