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  • 1 We are the UKs largest residential conveyancing directory service identifying mortgage company approved law practices delivering conveyancing in Filey registered with the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 2 Filey conveyancers are likely to be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 3 Solicitor conveyancing solicitors have valuable personal connections with Filey estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor on the whole 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 determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 5 Filey property lawyers work in partnership with Filey estate agents, property finders, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is offered to clients every step of the way, with the aim of reducing administrative burdens and transaction times

Examples of recent conveyancing in Filey since November 2025*

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Purchase

of apartment The Beach YO14 9LW, acquired for £147,500. Leasehold conveyancing work included: sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in readiness for completion, securing official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

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Sale

of semi residence, Clarence Drive, YO14 0BE completing on 26/11/2025 at a price of £330,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

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Sale

of house property, Whiston Drive, YO14 0DB completing on 24/11/2025 at a price of £295,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s solicitor

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Transfer

of house property, Muston Road, YO14 0AJ completing on 02/12/2025 at a price of £273,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s conveyancer

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Filey

Much to our surprise we have been advised by our lender that my Filey lawyer is not on the mortgage company Solicitor panel. How can I be sure that this is correct?

Your first step should be to call your Filey lawyer directly. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to advise you what has happened. Where they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the approved list of lawyers for your lender.

I have been told that property searches are a common cause of obstruction in Filey house deals. Is this right?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published findings of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the most frequent causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are not likely to feature in any holding up conveyancing in Filey.

I have todaybecome aware that Arc property Solicitors have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Filey for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 10 months ago. How can I be sure that my home is in my name in the name of the previous owner?

The easiest method to see if the premises is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Filey conveyancing specialists.

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a property I have offered on two weeks back in what was supposed to be a quick, chain free conveyancing. Filey is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Filey are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Filey you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds very carefully. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Filey may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.

Taking into account that I will soon part with hundreds of thousands of pounds on a property in Filey I wish to have a conversation with the solicitor about myconveyancing prior to appointing the firm. Can this be arranged?

Absolutely - we would be pleased to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the solicitor due to be carrying out your conveyancing in Filey.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is an important individual, not a file reference. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for your conveyancing in Filey should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.

My solicitors in Filey have advised me that no longer have my conveyancing file. At the time of my purchase I took out a mortgage with the bank. Is it case that being on the lender conveyancing panel they need to have retained the file for a number of years?

Different lenders have different requirements but many of the Terms and Conditions of Conveyancing Panel Appointment require the file to be held for a period of 6 years. That being said we have not seen a copy of the lender Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting the mortgage company directly.

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

  • Lawyer instructed by the buyer once the offer has been accepted
  • Checking the title unregistered or registered
  • Ordering Filey searches with respect to the title
  • Reviewing draft contract and other documentation supplied by the vendor’s lawyer
  • Raising queries with the vendor’s lawyer
  • Agreeing the wording of the purchase contract
  • Going through replies provided by the owner to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Advising the buyer in respect of the loan offer: (if appropriate)
  • Drafting and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; summarising to the buyer on the contents of the contract pack, preliminary enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion formalities
  • Completion of and submitting to HMRC the correct Land Tax forms and payment
  • Registering the transfer of ownership and the mortgage (if appropriate) at the HMLR.

Typically, Filey conveyancing for a sale has some of the following tasks

  • Lawyer instructed by the seller once the offer has been accepted
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and associated papers
  • Forwarding draft papers to the solicitor retained by the purchaser
  • Negotiating contracts and responding to supplemental questions from the buyer’s solicitor
  • Negotiating the transfer document
  • Answering requisitions raised by the buyer’s solicitor
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion formalities
  • Accepting the sale proceeds and sending funds to the owner, the estate agent and other relevant parties (if relevant)

Filey commercial property solicitors provide expert offering advice on numerous aspects of commercial property law

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Neighboring Locations

Scarborough
Filey
Bridlington
Flamborough

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

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