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Margate Conveyancing Statistics*

  • 1 76% freehold and 24% leasehold conveyancing in Margate for this year to date
  • 2 Percentage of cases in Margate that are buy to let is 37%
  • 3 Average time frame of 22 days for registration of title in Margate
  • 4 120 is the median number of years remaining on leases in Margate
  • 5 Average Land Registry Fee for this year to date was £270

Examples of recent conveyancing in Margate since May 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Margate

Me and my fiancee are purchasing our first house. Our solicitor has calledto check if we would like to purchase additional conveyancing searches. As novices we in the dark as to what's needed for conveyancing in Margate

The number and type of Margate conveyancing searches depends primarily on the property, the location, the likelihood of any of these risks, your familiarity of the region and risks, your general appetite to risk. What is important is that you adequately appreciate what information the searches could provide. Then you can decide if you consider that you need that search. Should you be in doubt, ask your conveyancer to explain.

We see that you have a post code search directory listing law firms on the Santander conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I retain them for our conveyancing in Margate?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Santander conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Margate.

Are the BSA planning on creating a online directory to to identify practices on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society conveyancing panel for example in Margate?

Lexsure has not been advised of any plans on the part of the BSA to develop such a search facility.

I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in Margate. I now require my file however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Margate of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I opted to have a survey carried out on a property in Margate before retaining conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold overhang to the property. Our surveyor has said that some banks will not issue a loan on a flying freehold home.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different requirements for example to Birmingham Midshires. Should you wish to call us we can check with the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Margate. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Margate to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

I am selling my home. My past solicitors has retired. It would be helpful to have a recommendation of a conveyancing firm. Im based in Margate if that makes a difference.

You should use our search tool to help you choose a solicitor for your conveyancing in Margate. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with lender approved solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move goes smoothly.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Margate

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Margate practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • Boys & Maughan, India House, Hawley Street, Margate, Kent, CT9 1PZ
  • Hardman And Watson Limited, 5 Lloyd Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 1HX
  • Barnes Marsland Solicitors Limited, 103 High Street, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 1JS
  • Thorn Drury & Searles, 76 High Street, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 9RS
  • Marsden Duncan, Success House, 49-51 High Street, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 9AG

Planning law solicitors in Margate regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The practices listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Margate specialising in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including compulsory purchases in Margate
  • Boys & Maughan, India House, Hawley Street, Margate, Kent, CT9 1PZ

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

  • Conveyancer instructed by the vendor once the offer has been accepted
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and related documents
  • Sending draft papers to the property lawyer retained by the purchaser
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and replying to additional enquires from the purchaser’s property lawyer
  • Negotiating the transfer document
  • Replying to requisitions prepared by the buyer’s property lawyer
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion of the sale
  • Accepting the sale proceeds and sending funds to the owner, the estate agent and repaying the home loan (where applicable)

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

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