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Conveyancing is the name given to the house moving process where the ownership of a property is ‘conveyed’ from one to another. The conveyancing process can be complicated and there are many checks that the conveyancer has to make to ensure that the sale is legal and binding. Because...

Where a Seller is also buying another property there is a chain of related transactions, all reliant upon each other. Any chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

An official certificate issued by the Land Registry, which displays mortgages and other interests over the property.

The date when the buyer becomes the new owner of the seller's house and the day the seller must have left the property. The seller and buyer should discuss dates between themselves and then notify the

A written calculation of all the receipts and payments due in respect of the transaction.

The amount which the buyer pays for the property in money or other items.

The form of legal agreement prepared in duplicate for signature by the seller and buyer setting out all the legal rights and obligations agreed between them. It sets out the main terms such as the pro

Rules and conditions contained in the Deeds or Lease that relate to the upkeep of the property or place restrictions on its use. Some covenants are said to 'run with the land', meaning that the burden

A document transferring ownership of an unregistered property from one person to another.

The name given to the house moving process where the ownership of a property is ‘conveyed’ from one to another. Work is undertaken by a solicitor or a qualified conveyancer.