Buying, selling & remortgaging

When your bank or estate agent tells you that you will need a Conveyancer to help you buy or sell your home or other property, they mean a qualified and experienced professional who specialises in the legal side of transferring property from one person to another.

So, a Conveyancer is a professional person who can help you through the legal process of selling, buying or mortgaging a property.

A Conveyancer can also be a Solicitor, Licensed Conveyancer or a Chartered Legal Executive. They are all here to help you smoothly through the exciting process of home buying and selling.

Whether you are selling or buying a home, a solicitor or conveyancer will deal with the transfer of ownership of your property. Your solicitor or conveyancer will handle the contracts, give you legal advice, carry out the local council searches, deal with the Land Registry office, and transfer the money.

To make the legal side of buying a home go as smoothly as possible, Birchall Blackburn Law has expert property solicitors and conveyancers with a wealth of experience, who will guide you through every stage.

We cannot predict at the outset how long the transaction will take since every transaction is different, and can be affected by a wide range of factors which are often out of our control. These can include complications in the legal title, a long chain of sellers and buyers or late arrangement of a mortgage.

However, on average, a straightforward freehold property transfer takes about 10 to 12 weeks from the issuing of the contract pack, and a straightforward freehold property remortgage can take about 4 to 6 weeks, provided that there are no complications. A straightforward leasehold transfer currently takes about 16 to 18 weeks on average.

Solicitor and conveyancing costs vary depending on such things as the type of property, type of ownership and the results of local searches. On average you can expect to pay between £850 and £1,500, including 20% VAT, and the local authority will also charge for the searches on the property you are buying.

The best thing to do is use our free online conveyancing fee calculator or talk to one of our experts directly by phone, email or fill in your details to request a call back. You will not be charged for the initial enquiry and we will be happy to give you a quote and talk through solicitor and conveyancer costs.

If you are selling or buying your home or other property, you will need a specialist property solicitor or licenced conveyancer. Make sure they are experienced, have a good reputation and are reasonably priced.

It is important that you choose an experienced and reliable solicitor or conveyancer to help sell your home or other property. A good solicitor and conveyancer should always be available to answer any questions you have in a timely fashion. But in the first instance ask how much you will be charged and what work that includes? Ask who will be the person to handle the sale of your house? Does your solicitor or conveyancer have any holidays coming up? How will the solicitor or conveyancer keep you up to date with progress? How often will they keep you informed? How many conveyancing cases have they dealt with? What can you do to help speed up the buying process? What security do they have in place to prevent conveyancing fraud, scams and hacking?