Category: Conveyancing Solicitors
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What is a Contract Report on Title when Buying a Property? – Part 1
During the course of a property transaction, the two most important documents that the purchasers’ solicitors produce are the contract, and the report on title. You might have heard us talk about these documents in earlier blogs, but what do they really mean? Well, here is a layman’s guide to a Report on Title –…
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Tell us everything – things we need to know
When you first instruct a solicitor about a property you want to buy, they will ask you lots of standard questions. Obviously, they will want to know about you, and your circumstances, such as whether you are buying with someone else, whether you’ve got a property to sell, and how you are raising the money…
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Our 12 Step Guide To Get Your Conveyancing Right When Selling Your Property.
If you’ve made the decision that it’s time to put your property on the market and move on, you may focus on the obvious things like picking the estate agent, deciding on the price, and thinking about where you’re going to move to. Picking your conveyancing solicitor is obviously an important decision as well, and…
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Express Conveyancing’s Property Guide
There are lots of different ways in which you can own property, so we thought it might be useful if we set out some of the most common property ownership terms, which might help you understand the process. Residential Property A residential property is usually either freehold or leasehold. If it’s a flat, it’s…
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Inheritance Tax and Conveyancing
Saving on Inheritance Tax can cost you much more money in the long run! It’s not uncommon for us to be asked to transfer a property into the name of our client’s family (usually their children or grandchildren) without money actually changing hands. When we ask why the client wants to give their property away…
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11 Tips On How To Be A Good Landlord
Landlords don’t always get a good press. You only have to type the word “Rachman” into Google to see the number of complaints there are about landlords. The word has become synonymous with high rents and low service, and they are not alone in this category. Being as Express Conveyancing acts for hundreds of Landlords…
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Possession is 9 tenths of the law
When a client comes in wanting to sell a property (and naturally wanting us to do the Conveyancing), it’s reasonable for us to assume that they own that property. You, as the seller, may assume that too. However sometimes it’s not that straightforward. There are a number of situations that can arise that can make…
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It’s a fixer upper! – What a Conveyancer thinks about buying a property to do up.
If you are looking to invest money in property, either residential or commercial property, you might be considering buying something in poor condition and/or that’s cheap in the hope of renovating it to make a profit. Whilst we can’t give you financial advice, we can suggest some of the legal issues you should out for,…
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Share and Share Alike – Borrowing Money vs Gifting
When it comes to buying property, many people buy with someone else. A partner, a friend, a spouse or possibly just with the help of family. Getting (and staying) on the property ladder can be hard, so you need all the help you can get. Owning property with someone else can have consequences, so it’s…
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Moving Day! – What Happens On the Day of Legal Completion
Woo Hoo – after all the planning, organising and waiting, the day is finally here. Today we are going to complete on your transaction and you’re off to the house of your dreams. So what is actually going to happen? Here’s a step by step guide to all the things that are likely to happen…
