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Agents Who Recommend Mortgage Brokers or Conveyancers
In recent years estate agents have come to see their role as more than simply introducing a buyer to vendor. Today many estate agents offer a...
Conveyancing: Shared Ownership Properties
Shared ownership should be distinguished from joint ownership. Joint ownership simply means that two, or more, people are buying a property...
DIY Conveyancing and Surveyors
Whether or not DIY conveyancing is right for a particular sale it may still make sense to engage a professional surveyor before exchanging contracts.
When...
Exchanging Contracts - What's Involved?
Buying or selling property is usually a two-stage process: first contracts are exchanged and then completion takes place at a later date. Any...
How Long Will The Move Take?
This is usually the first question a conevyancer is asked and it is the hardest to answer. The simple truth is that the chain will only move as quickly as the...
Property Which is Subject to a Bankruptcy Restriction
When a bankruptcy case is started against an individual, notice of the legal proceedings will be registered against the individual’s name at the...
Registered or Unregistered
Whether you are buying or selling a house then there is one word that will be bandied about quite freely: title. Simply put the title to a house shows ownership and...
Stamp Duty Explained
History of Stamp Duty
Stamp Duty is a tax paid on the documents which transfer property from one owner to another. Originally this involved physically attaching...
The National Conveyancing Protocol
The National Conveyancing Protocol is a set of rules and guidelines which were introduced to speed up and streamline the process of conveyancing for residential...
The Potential Pitfalls of DIY Conveyancing
Doing your own conveyancing can be a rewarding exercise – and save hundreds of pounds in conveyancing fees. However, it is not something to be...
The Residential Property Lease
A lease is a legal document that grants the tenant exclusive possession of the property for a restricted period of time. This differs from freehold in that the...
What Can I do to Make the Move go Smoothly?
Everyone wants their life to run as smoothly as possible, no matter what they are doing; when you are moving home this desire becomes even...
