If a property isn’t ‘registered’ you could be in for a nasty surprise! Unregistered properties The vast majority of UK property is ‘registered’. This means that ownership is officially recorded at the Land Registry in London and guaranteed by the...
Understanding the legal process – conveyancing – is key to a successful house purchase. TITLE DEEDS Buying and selling property depends on your conveyancers digging out information from official records or registers. The first thing to note is that...
Delays with the legal process – the conveyancing – are the second common cause of property deals falling apart. Here’s how to improve your chances of success. SPEEDING UP THE LEGAL WORK A good, experienced solicitor/conveyancer can make all the...
By arranging your home survey directly online - rather than via a mortgage lender - you can save the large chunk of the survey fee that the banks normally keep. They may still want to instruct a valuer to carry out their mortgage valuation, but don’t let them try to sell you an expensive Homebuyer or Building Survey from one of the large, target-driven, corporate firms on their 'panel'.
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