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If you have reached us by Googling ‘Conveyancing in Halifax’ follow your intuition — you will have a better house move where you instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Halifax.

Reasons to use our Halifax conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Notwithstanding what other sites advise it just might be important to visit your solicitor to sign contracts. There are various parties with involved in a conveyancing transaction without having to add the postman into the equation.
  • 2 Halifax conveyancers will acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 3 Using a high street Solicitor in the main means that you will receive a more personal touch. Sometimes when dealing with a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 4 Over the years Halifax solicitor have developed valuable connections with Halifax local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of undertaking your home move in Halifax.
  • 5 There is a strong possibility the other side’s solicitors are located in Halifax - if so sets of solicitors will have worked on conveyancing matters in the past

Examples of recent conveyancing in Halifax since July 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Halifax

Why do I have to pay up front when it comes to conveyancing in Halifax?

If you are buying a property in Halifax your lawyer will ask you to provide them with monies to cover the search fees. Generally this is asked for to cover the fees of the conveyancing searches. When the down payment is payable against the sale price then this will be asked for shortly ahead of contracts are exchanged. The closing balance that is needed will be payable a couple of days prior to the day of completion.

I am purchasing a house and the solicitor has identified Chancel Repair to which the house could be obligated to pay given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. She has suggested insurance. Is this really necessary for conveyancing in Halifax

Unless a prior acquisition of the house took place after 12 October 2013 you can take it that lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Halifax to continue to suggest a chancel search and or chancel repair liability insurance.

It has been 3 months since my purchase conveyancing in Halifax took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £170,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the asset from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

How does conveyancing in Halifax differ for newly converted properties?

Most buyers of new build premises in Halifax approach us having been asked by the seller to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the residence is completed. This is because developers in Halifax typically purchase the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct property lawyers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Halifax or who has acted in the same development.

How do I use your search tool to choose a conveyancing practitioner in Halifax on the approved list for my mortgage?

Step one is to select a mortgage company such as Barclays , Barnsley Building Society or Clydesdale then specify your location a common one being Halifax. Conveyancing firms in Halifax and further afield should be listed.

I am just shy of a 10% deposit on my house purchase in Halifax , but I am keen exchange. What can I do?

You can accept a lesser deposit. Many sellers will accept a lesser deposit or even no deposit for a first time buyer or 100% mortgage. Be aware though that if you fail to complete you will still need to hand over a minimum of 10% of the purchase price regardless of how much deposit was agreed.

You can also agree a simultaneous exchange and completion as no deposit is required for this however neither party will be tied in until completion actually takes place and it can be risky if sellers change their mind at the last minute

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Halifax regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Halifax practicing in commercial conveyancing in Halifax. This should include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Joseph & Khan Solicitors, 6 King Cross Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 2SH
  • Finn Gledhill, 1-7 Harrison Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 2AG
  • Rcm Solicitors, 25 Harrison Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 2AF
  • Wilkinson Woodward Limited, 11 Fountain Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 1LU
  • Smith Solicitor Llp, 18 Portland Place, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 2QN

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Halifax regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Halifax but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Angela Viney Conveyancing Services, 53 Crown Street, HX1 1JB
  • Linda Heald & Co Property Lawyers , 2nd Floor, Central Buildings, HX6 2QD
  • Linda Heald & Co Property Lawyers, 2nd Floor, Central Buildings, HX6 2QD
  • Valerie Holmes Property Lawyer, 5 Cooperative Parade, HX3 8LT
  • Angela Viney Conveyancing Services, 16 Wade House Road, HX3 7PB

Planning law solicitors in Halifax regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Halifax with expertise in planning law. This should include advice on planning applications and appeals
  • Wilkinson Woodward Limited, 11 Fountain Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 1LU
  • Ramsdens Solicitors Llp, Oakley House, 1 Hungerford Road Edgerton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 3AL

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

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