Can the conveyancing solicitors via your comparison service carry out attended exchange conveyancing in Coleshill?

We do have a number of conveyancing experts carrying out personalised exchanges. You should call us to get a fee calculation and details as to availability.

Having sold my house in Coleshill last November yet the purchaser is telephoning me to say her solicitor needs to hear from mysolicitor. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?

Following your sale your lawyer should forward the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s conveyancer. If applicable, your lawyer should also confirm that the mortgage has been discharged to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion formalities unique to conveyancing in Coleshill.

Various internet forums that I have visited warn that are the primary reason for delay in Coleshill conveyancing transactions. Is there any truth in this?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the common causes of delays in the conveyancing process. Local searches are unlikely to be the root cause of slowing down conveyancing in Coleshill.

The deeds to my property can not be found. The solicitors who dealt with the conveyancing in Coleshill 5 years ago have long since closed. What do I do?

As long as you have a registered title the information relating to your ownership will be recorded by HMLR under a Title Number. It is possible to execute a search at the Land Registry, identify your house and order up to date copies of the Registered Entries for less than a fiver. If the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will also normally hold a file copy of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be ordered for a small fee.

The solicitors conducting our conveyancing in Coleshill has sent papers to review that show the land is unregistered with epitome documents. Surely all property in Coleshill are registered?

Whilst most properties in Coleshill are now registered with the Land Registry there are still some that are unregistered. Any property in Coleshill that has been remortgaged since the late 1980’s will have been registered at the HM Land Registry under the compulsory ‘first registration’ scheme. However, if a Coleshill property has not changed hands in that time then it’s likely the old fashioned title deeds will be the only evidence of ownership.Plenty of Coleshill conveyancing lawyers should be capable of dealing with such matters but where uncertainty reigns the standard guidance presently is for the current owners to register the title first and then deal with the disposal - this will have a domino effect to result in a protracted conveyancing.