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What Help Is Available For Purchasing A New Home.

Government Help To Buy Home Ownership Schemes in 2020. Potential buyers can find it difficult to secure enough finance to purchase a property of their own. From saving for a...

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How Long Does it Take To Complete On A House From Start To Finish?

A Timeline For Buying A House 2019 When buying a new home, and for first time buyers in particular, one of the first questions people ask their conveyancing solicitor is...

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What Does It Mean To ‘Exchange Contracts’?

Exchange And Completion – What Happens Now? You may have had an offer on a property accepted but until you have exchanged contracts, your move is not yet guaranteed. Here...

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What Does It Mean To Buy A Leasehold Property?

Freehold and Leasehold. What’s the difference? The two most common forms of property ownership in the UK are freehold and leasehold. But what do these terms mean in practice? Whilst...

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What Is A Property Chain?

Property Chains Property chains are fairly common in residential property transactions. A property chain occurs when there is more than one buyer involved in a property transaction and each party...

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Common Problems In Conveyancing And How To Fix Them

Common reasons for delays and how to avoid them If you are going through the process of buying or selling property, with any luck, the process will be plain-sailing and...

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Is Online Conveyancing safe?

It is second nature these days to use the internet to research and purchase nearly all types of services and products. Conveyancing is no exception: it is simple and straightforward...

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Can buyers and sellers use the same conveyancing solicitors?

If you are about to become involved in a property transaction as either a buyer or a seller, you might be wondering whether it is possible to speed up the...

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The Difference Between Conveyancing Fees and Disbursements

When buying or selling a property your conveyancing solicitor or conveyancer will quote you various fees and disbursements. It can be confusing but the difference being the fee is the...

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What Is Conveyancing

When coming across the term for the first time, or maybe having never thought about it in great detail before, many people find themselves asking ‘what is conveyancing exactly’? Simply...

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