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Hastings Conveyancing Statistics*

  • 1 Average Stamp Duty Payable for this year to date was £4,780
  • 2 68% freehold and 32% leasehold conveyancing in Hastings for this year to date
  • 3 Average time frame of 33 days for registration of title in Hastings
  • 4 Percentage of cases in Hastings that are buy to let is 20%
  • 5 Percentage of leasehold conveyancing purchases in Hastings is 14% where there is a share in the management company or freehold company

Examples of recent conveyancing in Hastings since January 2025*

Acquisition

of apartment Eversfield Place TN37 6DB, at a price of £240,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, preparing statement detailing charges

Sale

of apartment St Margarets Road TN37 6EH, at the agreed price of £210,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

Conveyance

of apartment Denmark Place TN34 1PQ, sold for £95,000. Leasehold conveyancing investigations included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client

Disposal

of flat Castlehill Passage TN34 1PG, at purchase price of £135,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, ordering official copies of the title, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Hastings

Our mortgage company has suggested a law firm on their panel based in Hastings but I would rather choose a conveyancing lawyer in Hastings or nearer to where I live. Can you help?

Far from all Hastings conveyancing solicitors are on all lender’s conveyancing panel. Do make the most of our search tool to find a Hastings conveyancing firm on the on the mortgage company panel.

My relative recommended that where I am purchasing in Hastings I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Hastings conveyancing searches. It is a large report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Hastings around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Hastings Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Hastings Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Hastings.

I am buying my first flat in Hastings benefiting from help to buy. The developers would not move on the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The sale representative suggested that I not to tell my lawyer about the extras as it would jeopardize my mortgage with Barclays . 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 using a search engine for the phrase conveyancing in Hastings it shows results of numerous conveyancersin the area. With so much choice what is the best way to find the suitable property lawyer for purchase transaction?

The preferential method of seeking a suitable conveyancer is through a personal recommendation, so enquire of colleagues and family who have bought a property in Hastings or the respected estate agent or mortgage broker. Charges for conveyancing in Hastings differ, so it's advisable to request at least three quotes from varying types of companies. Be sure to obtain confirmation that the costs are guaranteed not to increase.

Having had my offer accepted I require leasehold conveyancing in Hastings. Before I get started I require certainty as to the number of years remaining on the lease.

If the lease is registered - and most are in Hastings - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

I inherited a basement flat in Hastings, conveyancing was carried out July 2005. Can you let me have an estimated range of the fair premium for a lease extension? Similar properties in Hastings with over 90 years remaining are worth £201,000. The average or mid-range amount of ground rent is £45 yearly. The lease ceases on 21st October 2090

With 65 years unexpired we estimate the premium for your lease extension to be between £13,300 and £15,400 as well as legals.

The suggested premium range above a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to provide a more accurate figure in the absence of comprehensive due diligence. You should not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt additional concerns that need to be taken into account and clearly you want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.

Living abroad it is not practicable to visit my Hastings conveyancing solicitors office to execute documents connected to my conveyancing in Hastings – will this be an issue?

You need not be concerned. Hastings conveyancing lawyers can conduct conveyancing transactions for clients nationwide. You are unlikely to be required to meet your lawyer in the flesh at a Hastings conveyancers office. They can handle all communications using post, email, telephone and fax.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Hastings regulated by the SRA

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

  • Holden & Co Llp, Liberty Buildings, 32-33 Robertson Street, The America Ground, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1HT
  • Samantha Denham Solicitors, 10 Cambridge Road, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1DJ
  • Butters Grey Limited, 51 Havelock Road, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1BE
  • Butters David Grey Llp, 51 Havelock Road, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1BE
  • Percy Walker & Co, Robertson Chambers, The Memorial, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1JB

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Hastings regulated by the CLC

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Hastings but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Conveyancing Direct Ltd, Windmill Road, TN38 9BY

Sale in Hastings is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process.

  • Lawyer instructed by the owners once the offer has been accepted
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and related papers
  • Submitting draft papers to the property lawyer retained by the buyer
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and responding to supplemental queries from the buyer’s property lawyer
  • Agreeing the transfer deed
  • Replying to requisitions submitted by the purchaser’s property lawyer
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion of the sale
  • Receiving sale proceeds and sending funds to the owner, the estate agent and redeeming the mortgage (where applicable)

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

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