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Abingdon Conveyancing Statistics*

  • 1 139 is the median number of years remaining on leases in Abingdon
  • 2 Average Stamp Duty Payable for this year to date was £13,470
  • 3 Percentage of leasehold conveyancing purchases in Abingdon is 25% where there is a share in the management company or freehold company
  • 4 Average time frame of 150 days for registration of title in Abingdon
  • 5 January was the busiest month and December was the next busiest month while October was the least busiest month of the year for conveyancing in Abingdon

Examples of recent conveyancing in Abingdon since December 2024*

Transfer

of flat Wootton Road OX14 1JA, at sale sum of £160,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, ordering official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

Purchase

of apartment Vineyard OX14 3PG, acquired for £280,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

Transfer

of detached residence property, Francis Little Drive, OX14 5PN completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £325,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, agreeing completion date with parties

Transfer

of terraced premises, Gainsborough Green, OX14 5JN completing on 03/01/2025 at a price of £322,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s conveyancer

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Abingdon

Is there a reason to use a Abingdon conveyancing firm when national alternatives are easier on the wallet?

To take your time to find compare conveyancing costs in Abingdon and you should seek an affordable fee calculation but don’t waste your energy scouring the internet for the cheapest Abingdon conveyancer. Appointing the right conveyancer can be the distinction between a smooth and a stressful move. It is important that you ensure that you have expert guidance from a trusted solicitor. Emails can't replace a telephone call and are no substitute for a face to face appointment. Our partner firms will allocate you a qualified and experienced conveyancing solicitor who can tackle your conveyancing from start to finish, providing a level of personalised service that you are unlikely to received from an internet conveyancer. He or She will contact you regularly to update you as to any developments and keep you informed. If you ever need to contact the office you will know who you need to speak to and we'll endeavour to make sure that you are kept fully informed.

Completed the sale of my flat in Abingdon last January yet the purchaser is telephoning every few hours complaining that their solicitor is waiting to hear from mine. What should have happened now that I have sold?

Following your house sale your lawyer should forward the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Where appropriate, your solicitor must also confirm that the home loan has been repaid to the buyers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks peculiar conveyancing in Abingdon.

I had intended to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Abingdon for our home move. Our broker has since notified us that our mortgage lenders Coventry Building Society won't deal with them. Surely this is unfair competition?

A decade ago most mortgage companies had an appetite for risk which was higher than today. Almost all Abingdon conveyancing firms would have been on most mortgage company panels. The Financial Services Authority in 2010 completed a thematic investigation into mortgage fraud which come to the conclusion: know the conveyancing solicitors dealt with. Consequently, lenders have regularly sought more information from law firms about their operations and the individuals who work for them and set certain criteria such a completing on a minimum number of conveyancing. Many Abingdon conveyancing firms that have been excluded from lender panels have Unblemished track record, no complaints and no claims and didn't just 'dabble' in conveyancing. Abingdon is amongst the many areas where the lawyers showing on our search results are members of the panel for Coventry Building Society.

I am purchasing my first flat in Abingdon with the aid of help to buy. The builders refused to reduce the price so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The estate agent suggested that I not disclose to my solicitor about this deal as it could adversely affect my loan with the bank. Should I keep quiet?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Abingdon and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Abingdon. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Abingdon area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Abingdon. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

How much experience do your Abingdon conveyancing solicitors have with Help To Buy, Shared Equity and similar schemes?

Abingdon conveyancing lawyers help thousands of buyers move home every year and assisted lots of clients through the Help To Buy scheme. The chances are that whatever makes your case unique Abingdon conveyancers have worked on recent similar cases.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Abingdon regulated by the SRA

It is important to note that the listed firms do not limit their work for conveyancing in Abingdon but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.

  • Franklins, 15 Ock Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5AN
  • Law And Property Lawyers Limited, 5 Ock Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5AL
  • Challenor & Son, Stratton House, 50 Bath Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3LA
  • Flanagans Solicitors, Ot Business Centre, 7 Nuffield Way, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1RL
  • Usiskin & Co, Paddock Brow, Jarn Way, Boars Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 5JF

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Abingdon

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Abingdon specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Franklins, 15 Ock Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5AN
  • Law And Property Lawyers Limited, 5 Ock Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5AL
  • Challenor & Son, Stratton House, 50 Bath Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3LA
  • Brookstreet Des Roches Llp, 25a Western Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4SH
  • Quality Solicitors Truemans, Eden House, 38 St. Aldates, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1BN

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Abingdon regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Abingdon practicing in commercial conveyancing in Abingdon. This may include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Franklins, 15 Ock Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5AN
  • Law And Property Lawyers Limited, 5 Ock Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5AL
  • Challenor & Son, Stratton House, 50 Bath Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3LA
  • Flanagans Solicitors, Ot Business Centre, 7 Nuffield Way, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1RL
  • Usiskin & Co, Paddock Brow, Jarn Way, Boars Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 5JF

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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