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Reasons to use our Durham conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The practices identified on our directory have a mix of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.
  • 2 Our site is the first site that enables you the facility to ensure that your conveyancing in Durham will be carried out by a solicitor on your mortgage lender’s conveyancing panel.
  • 3 The Durham conveyancing practitioners that are listed are committed to supplying value for money, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and investors in Durham
  • 4 Retaining the services of a a family Solicitor in the main results in a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 5 Experience means that Durham lawyer have established very good links with Durham local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of handling your house sale or purchase in Durham.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Durham since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Durham

I was referred a lawyer who has sent a quote for just over a thousand pound for freehold conveyancing in Durham. I am selling a Edwardian detached home for £175,000. Are the quoted fees excessive? Is it in excess of the average fee for conveyancing in Durham?

The estimate does seem a tad steep. If you shop around you could trim some of the cost by as much as £125. On the other hand, you mightcome to rue choosing an an untested conveyancer. Remember to be sure that the firm can also act for your mortgage company. Do utilise our search tool to locate a Durham conveyancing practice on the banks approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Durham.

Can the conveyancing practitioners indexed on your site carry out right to buy conveyancing in Durham?

We do have plenty of conveyancing practitioners who can service right to buy conveyancing You should call us to secure a costs calculation.

I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance when buying a house in Durham. My lender is Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 6/6/2025, the requirements read as follows :

This question may be naive but I am wet behind the ears as FTB of a two bedroom flat in Durham. Do I receive the keys to the property on the completion date from my conveyancer? If this is the case, I will find a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Durham?

There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Your solicitors will electronically transfer the completion advance to the seller's lawyers, and once they have received this, you should be called to pick up the keys from the property Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.

Two weeks ago we had a mortgage agreed in principle with Clydesdale. Durham conveyancing solicitors were selected. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Clydesdale?

Some lenders take longer than others. Have Clydesdale completed the valuation? Have you informed Clydesdale as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel? Sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued.

After much negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Durham. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £150. A few days later, the property lawyer contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Santander conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Santander panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

I completed on my apartment on 11 August and the transaction details is yet to be registered. Any reason for this? My conveyancing solicitor in Durham advises it should be recorded inside ten days. Are transfers in Durham uniquely lengthy to register?

There is nothing unique when it comes to conveyancing in Durham registration formalities. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timescales can adjust according to the party submitting the application, whether there are errors and whether the Land registry communicate with any third persons or bodies. At present in the region of 80% of such applications are completed in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be longer delays. Historically registration occurs after the purchaser has moved in to the premises so an expedited registration is not usually an essential issue but if it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your solicitor must contact the land registry and explain the circumstances.

The financial adviser has recommended their lawyer for our conveyancing in Durham - won’t it be easier to just instruct them?

It is worth checking if the estate agent is recommending a solicitor or introducing to a solicitor. There are plenty of Durham estate agents who recommend two or three Durham conveyancing firms and get nothing from it.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Durham

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Durham practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • The Richmond Partnership Incorporating Richmond Anderson Goudie, Lumsdon House, 19 Old Elvet, Durham, County Durham, DH1 3HL
  • Freeman Johnson, 31 Old Elvet, Durham, County Durham, DH1 3JA
  • Emg Solicitors Limited, The Rivergreen Centre, Aykley Heads, Durham, County Durham, DH1 5TS
  • Swinburne Maddison Llp, Venture House, Aykley Heads Business Centre, Durham, County Durham, DH1 5TS
  • Evans & Co, 33 Cheapside, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6QF

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Durham regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Durham with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Durham. This could include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Barbara Thubron, 9 New Elvet, Durham, County Durham, DH1 3AQ
  • The Richmond Partnership Incorporating Richmond Anderson Goudie, Lumsdon House, 19 Old Elvet, Durham, County Durham, DH1 3HL
  • Freeman Johnson, 31 Old Elvet, Durham, County Durham, DH1 3JA
  • Swinburne Maddison Llp, Venture House, Aykley Heads Business Centre, Durham, County Durham, DH1 5TS
  • Cooper Stott Solicitors Ltd, Aykley Vale Chambers, Durham Road, Aykley Heads, Durham, County Durham, DH1 5NE

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Durham?

Licensed Conveyancers deal with the transfer of the legal title of a property from one person to another and cover conveyancing throughout England and Wales as well as Durham. When instructing a Licensed Conveyancer regulated by the CLC, you should:
  • Have an honest and lawful conveyancing.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high standard of legal services.
  • Have your conveyancing dealt with using care, skill and legal know-how.
  • Receive a high standard of service due to your conveyancer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Receive a service which is accessible and responsive to your individual needs.
  • Not feel discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • To receive the level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Have your specific needs taken into account should a complaint be made.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a speedy, impartial and comprehensive service if making a complaint about your conveyancing in Durham about your conveyancing in Durham.

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

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