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Heywood Conveyancing Statistics*

  • 1 December was the busiest month and January was the next busiest month while September was the least busiest month of the year for conveyancing in Heywood
  • 2 Percentage of cases in Heywood that are buy to let is 20%
  • 3 Average Land Registry Fee for last year was £270
  • 4 837 is the median number of years remaining on leases in Heywood
  • 5 Average time from start to moving day was 60 days for conveyancing in Heywood

Examples of recent conveyancing in Heywood since April 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Heywood

Can your site be used to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Heywood even if I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for instance if I want to acquire an office in Heywood with a loan from HSBC Bank?

Our comparison service is mainly there to locate residential conveyancing solicitors in Heywood but we have listed at the bottom of this page some Heywood commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to make contact with the solicitors directly to establish if they can also act for HSBC Bank

My Conveyancer in Heywood is not on the Halifax Solicitor Panel. Can I still use my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the Halifax list of approved lawyers?

The limited options available to you here include:

  1. Carry on with your preferred Heywood solicitors but Halifax will need to retain a conveyancer on their list of acceptable firms. This will inevitably rack up the total legal fees and cause frustration.
  2. Find a new practitioner to to deal with the purchase, remembering to check they are Halifax approved.
  3. Persuade your Halifax solicitor to seek to join the Halifax panel

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am new to the home buying as a first time buyer of a two bedroom flat in Heywood. Do I collect the keys to the premises on the completion date from my lawyer? If so, I will appoint a local conveyancing solicitor in Heywood?

On the day of completion you do not need to go to the conveyancers office in Heywood. Conveyancing lawyers for you will transfer the completion advance to the vendor’s solicitors, and once they have received this, you should be able to pick up the keys from the Estate Agents and move into your new home. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.

is it true that all Heywood solicitor firms on the Aldermore conveyancing panel are governed by the SRA?

As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Aldermore conveyancing panel they would need to be regulated by the SRA. Some lenders do list licenced conveyancers on their panel and in such a situation the organisation would be governed by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

Intending to buy a house in Heywood. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the TSB conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Heywood lawyer is on the TSB conveyancing panel.

I'm purchasing a new build house in Heywood benefiting from help to buy. The developers refused to reduce the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent suggested that I not disclose to my solicitor about the deal as it will adversely affect my loan with Skipton Building Society. Is this normal?.

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.

How do I use the search tool to locate a conveyancing practitioner in Heywood on the approved list for my mortgage?

First choose a bank such as Nationwide Building Society, Bank of Scotland or Nottingham Building Society then specify your preferred area for instance Heywood. Conveyancing firms in Heywood and further afield will then be identified.

Due to exchange soon on a ground floor flat in Heywood. Conveyancing solicitors assured me that they report fully within the next couple of days. Are there areas in the report that I should be focusing on?

The report on title for your leasehold conveyancing in Heywood should include some of the following:

    It needs to be made clear to you whether the lease permits you to alter or upgrade anything in the premises- you must know whether any restrictions relates to all alterations or limited to structural alteration, and whether permission is mandated necessary Are pets allowed in the flat? Repair and maintenance of the flat Your conveyancers should enable you to have an understanding of the insurance provisions Who has the liability to repair and maintain the main walls and foundations. It is essential for you to know which party is responsible the repair and maintenance of all parts of the block and estate
For a comprehensive list of information to be included in your report on your leasehold property in Heywood please enquire of your conveyancer in ahead of your conveyancing in Heywood.

I inherited a 2 bed flat in Heywood, conveyancing having been completed October 1998. Can you please calculate a probable premium for a statutory lease extension? Equivalent properties in Heywood with over 90 years remaining are worth £222,000. The ground rent is £50 charged once a year. The lease terminates on 21st October 2095

With only 70 years left to run the likely cost is going to range between £9,500 and £11,000 as well as professional fees.

The suggested premium range above a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we are not able to advice on the actual costs in the absence of detailed investigations. Do not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There are no doubt additional issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Heywood regulated by the SRA

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

  • Isherwood & Hose, 6, Market Street, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 4NB
  • Hardman & Whittles, 25 Market Place, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 1JY
  • Legal National Limited, Suite 1 The Old Blue Bell, 2 Bell Lane, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 6AR
  • Glp Solicitors, 20a Lakeland Court, Middleton, Manchester, Lancashire, M24 5QJ
  • Amjad Malik Solicitors, 149 Drake Street, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 1EF

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Heywood

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Heywood specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Isherwood & Hose, 6, Market Street, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 4NB
  • Hyland Legal Limited, Imperial House, 79 - 81 Hornby Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 5BN
  • Hartley Thomas & Wright Inc Rhodes & Co, Town Hall Chambers, South Parade, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL16 1LW
  • Isaac Abraham Solicitors, Lester House Business Centre, 21 Broad Street, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 0DA
  • Molesworths Bright Clegg, Octagon House, 25-27 Yorkshire Street, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL16 1RH

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Heywood regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Heywood practicing in commercial conveyancing in Heywood. This could include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • Isherwood & Hose, 6, Market Street, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 4NB
  • Hardman & Whittles, 25 Market Place, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 1JY
  • Hyland Legal Limited, Imperial House, 79 - 81 Hornby Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 5BN
  • Dean Solicitors Ltd, 123 Drake Street, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL16 1PZ
  • Hartley Thomas & Wright Inc Rhodes & Co, Town Hall Chambers, South Parade, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL16 1LW

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

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