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Buckingham Conveyancing Statistics*

  • 1 The most common indemnity insurance policies for Buckingham conveyancing is Chancel
  • 2 Average Land Registry Fee for this year to date was £270
  • 3 December was the busiest month and January was the next busiest month while June was the least busiest month of the year for conveyancing in Buckingham
  • 4 Average time frame of 44 days for registration of title in Buckingham
  • 5 Average time from start to completion was 51 days for conveyancing in Buckingham

Examples of recent conveyancing in Buckingham since December 2024*

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Sale

of flat Candleford Court MK18 1GD, at the agreed amount of £145,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in preparation for completion, setting up the completion formalities

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Acquisition

of flat Grenville Road MK18 1LP, purchased for £197,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, preparing statement detailing charges

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Transfer

of terraced premises, Stowe Close, MK18 1HY completing on 06/01/2025 at a price of £815,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the seller for execution in preparation for completion

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Sale

of terraced premises, Bath Lane, MK18 1DX completing on 22/01/2025 at a price of £332,500. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Buckingham

I require conveyancing for an apartment in a fairly new development (seven years old) in Buckingham. The vast majority the appartments have already been sold. Is it strictly necessary to order local searches as part of conveyancing in Buckingham?

If you getting a mortgage, your bank will need some (many) of the searches so you'll have no choice. If not, then Buckingham conveyancing searches are for you to decide upon. Your lawyer, will ’encourage’, perhaps in the strongest possible terms, that you should not go ahead without searches, but he or she has a professional duty to do this. One thing to bear in mind; if you are likely to sell the house one day, it may be of interest to your future buyer what the searches contain. Sometimes houses with no practical issues can still throw up adverse search results. But if you insist that your lawyer to proceed without searches then your lawyer will have to follow your instructions or you will need to switch to another solicitor for your conveyancing in Buckingham.

I require expedited conveyancing in Buckingham as I am faced with pressure to complete inside 3 weeks. A mortgage is not required. Is it possible to decline from having conveyancing searches to save fees and time?

As you are are a cash purchaser you have the choice not to have searches conducted although no lawyer would advise that you don't. Drawing on years of experience of conveyancing in Buckingham the following are examples of what can arise and therefore impact the marketability of the property: Refused Planning Applications, Overdue Charges, Outstanding Grants, Unadopted Roads,...

I am purchasing my first flat in Buckingham benefiting from help to buy. The developers refused to budge the amount so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The property agent advised me not reveal to my lawyer about the extras as it would affect my loan with Nottingham Building Society. Should I keep quiet?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a leasehold apartment up to £245,000 and found one close by in Buckingham I like with amenity areas and station in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 49 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Buckingham in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a lease with such few years left?

Should you require a home loan the shortness of the lease will likely be problematic. Reduce the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for at least 2 years you may ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor concerning this.

I was pointed in your direction by two or three local selling agents in Buckingham to select a solicitor on your site. What’s the financial incentive for Estate Agents to offer your site ahead of alternative conveyancing organisations?

We don’t give any commission for directing people in our direction. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission because home movers will think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

What type of premises does your Buckingham conveyancing quotes relate to?

Our conveyancing quotes are only relevant to standard domestic property in England & Wales. Where you have any different requirements such as industrial or agricultural land or commercial conveyancing in Buckingham do contact us to address this further .

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Buckingham

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Buckingham practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Archdeacon Russell & Co, Hampden House, 24a West Street, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, MK18 1HE
  • Chandler Ray Limited, 22 West Street, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, MK18 1HG

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Buckingham regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Buckingham with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Buckingham. This will likely include advice on granting a lease to a commercial tenant
  • Chandler Ray Limited, 22 West Street, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, MK18 1HG
  • A.s.k. Legal Llp, 78 High Street, Winslow, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, MK18 3DQ

Typically, Buckingham conveyancing for a purchase has some of the following tasks

  • Conveyancing practitioner instructed by the purchaser once the offer has been accepted
  • Checking the title to the premises
  • Ordering Buckingham conveyancing searches for the property
  • Considering the draft contract pack and other documentation forwarded by the vendor’s lawyer
  • Submitting questions with the vendor’s lawyer
  • Negotiating the purchase agreement
  • Examining replies prepared by the owner to pre-contract enquiries
  • Negotiating the Transfer document
  • Advising the purchasing in respect of the mortgage offer: (if applicable)
  • Preparing and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion of the purchase
  • Completion of and submitting to HMRC the appropriate stamp duty forms and payment
  • Registering the transfer of ownership and the mortgage (where relevant) at the Land Registry.

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

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