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  • 1 Experience means that Kings Lynn solicitor have established excellent links with Kings Lynn local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your house sale or purchase in Kings Lynn.
  • 2 We are the UKs most comprehensive residential conveyancing directory listing bank approved law practices carrying out conveyancing in Kings Lynn governed by the SRA or CLC.
  • 3 The organisations shown on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 4 Our site is the only site offering you the ability to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Kings Lynn will be carried out by a conveyancer on your mortgage lender’s member panel.
  • 5 Excellent communication together with pure property local knowledge are key benefits that you should seek when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Kings Lynn conveyancing can become a lot more protracted due to poor communication between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Kings Lynn since December 2024*

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Sale

of detached residence premises, George Street, PE30 2AQ completing on 28/01/2025 at a price of £100,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion, ordering official copies of the title, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s conveyancer

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Transfer

of semi-detached residence, Lansdowne Street, PE30 2AF completing on 16/01/2025 at a price of £91,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s solicitor

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Sale

of house premises, Checker Street, PE30 5AS completing on 14/01/2025 at a price of £168,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, setting up the completion formalities

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Transfer

of terraced property, Sidney Street, PE30 5RF completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £274,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Kings Lynn

My grandmother passed away last year and as sole heir and executor I was left the property in Kings Lynn. The house had a relatively small loan left on it of around £5k. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to HSBC, pay off the mortgage. Is this allowed?

Given you plan to refinance then HSBC will require that you use a conveyancer on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your HSBC conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the HSBC mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.

Will commercial conveyancing searches reveal planned roadworks that may affect a commercial land in Kings Lynn?

Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Kings Lynn will perform a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers expend in sourcing accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Kings Lynn. The report provides definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Kings Lynn.

For each commercial conveyancing transaction in Kings Lynn it is crucial to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately could cause delays to Kings Lynn commercial conveyancing transactions as well as present a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not carried out for residential conveyancing in Kings Lynn.

I am looking for a ground for flat up to £235,500 and identified one near me in Kings Lynn I like with amenity areas and railway links nearby, however it's only got 49 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Kings Lynn for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a lease with such few years left?

If you require a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term may be a potential deal breaker. Discount the price by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current owner has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you may ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor concerning this.

I'm converting the mortgage on my primary home to a BTL loan with Accord Mortgages Ltd and I will use the ballance of the raised equity towards a second house. The area we are interested in is Kings Lynn. Will your lawyers be able to act for the two mortgage companies and link together the two deals?

Make use of our comparison tool on this site to be sure that the conveyancers are approved by both banks. Having checked that they are the lawyer will be able to connect the two conveyancing matters but you should talk with you lawyer and communicate your desired outcome and needs.

My husband and I are 14 days into a freehold purchase having been referred to conveyancers by the estate agent to execute conveyancing in Kings Lynn. I am am extremely disappointed with the level of service. Could you you assist me in finding new lawyers?

A conveyancer would need to be really poor to suggest diss instructing them. Has your mortgage offer been generated? In the event that it has you must make them aware of the replacement solicitor and get the offer are issued to the new lawyers. The conveyancer should be on the mortgage company approved list to avoid supplemental charges and delays. So that should be your starting point. Our search tool will assist you in finding a bank approved solicitor for your home move in Kings Lynn

My brother mentioned that before selecting a conveyancing solicitors they need approved by your mortgage company. I am first time buyer with but I have an AIP from Nat West Bank and I already have a local conveyancing lawyer in Kings Lynn lined up. Will Birmingham Midhshires insist on an approved solicitor to be instructed? Does a list of panel solicitors even exist so I can appoint a conveyancing lawyer in Kings Lynn?

You need to choose a solicitor that is on the Birmingham Midhshires panel. Just ring your preferred Kings Lynn conveyancing solicitor and ask if they are on the Birmingham Midhshires panel. If they are not approved you have a couple of choices available to you here:

  • Complete the deal with your chosen Kings Lynn solicitor but Birmingham Midhshires will need to instruct a property lawyer on their conveyancing panel. This will result in additional fees together with potential frustration.
  • Get a fresh solicitor to act in the purchase, ensuring that they are on the Birmingham Midhshires conveyancing panel.
  • Convince your lawyer to do everything within their powers to get listed on the Birmingham Midhshires panel of solicitors.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Kings Lynn regulated by the SRA

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

  • Ward Gethin Archer Limited, 10 Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1JT
  • Malletts Solicitors Limited, 17 Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1JN
  • Kenneth Bush Limited, 11 New Conduit Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1DG
  • Hawkins Ryan, 19 Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1JW

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Kings Lynn regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Kings Lynn specialising in commercial conveyancing in Kings Lynn. This will likely include advice on complex issues under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1954
  • Ward Gethin Archer Limited, 10 Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1JT
  • Hawkins Ryan, 19 Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1JW

Purchase conveyancing in Kings Lynn usually consists of the following:

  • Taking instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Investigating the title unregistered or registered
  • Undertaking Kings Lynn searches with respect to the title
  • Reviewing draft sale agreement and other documentation prepared the owner’s property lawyer
  • Raising enquiries with the vendor’s property lawyer
  • Agreeing the wording of the purchase contract
  • Going through replies supplied by the vendor to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Negotiating the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the purchasing in respect of the loan offer: (where applicable)
  • Drawing up and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; reporting 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
  • Preparing and submitting to HMRC the appropriate stamp duty forms and payment
  • Registering the change in ownership and the home loan (where appropriate) at the Land Registry.

Neighboring Locations

Dersingham
Heacham
Sandringham
Kings Lynn
Downham Market

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

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