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Reasons to use our Newmarket conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 You can rest easier when select the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Newmarket has a number to choose from, but for a truly professional and dependable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.
  • 2 Newmarket conveyancers have a crucial advantage when it comes to Newmarket conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will impact your home move
  • 3 Newmarket conveyancing lawyers are likely to acquainted with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and property agents
  • 4 Experience means that Newmarket lawyer have developed excellent working relationships with Newmarket local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of undertaking your conveyancing in Newmarket.
  • 5 Regardless alternative sites tell you it just might be important to visit your lawyer to execute contracts. There are various parties with engaged in a conveyancing transaction without needing to add Royal Mail into the mix.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Newmarket since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Newmarket

Our Newmarket lawyer has identified a difference when comparing the surveyor’s assumptions in the valuation survey and what is in the legal papers for the property. My solicitor informs me that he is obliged to ensure that the lender is happy with this discrepancy and is content to go ahead. Is my solicitor’s approach appropriate?

Your lawyer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.

Will lawyers request an advanced payment for my conveyancing in Newmarket?

If you are buying a property in Newmarket your solicitor will request that you put them with monies to cover the search fees. Normally this is requested to cover the fees of the conveyancing searches. When the deposit is payable against the purchase price then this will be asked for immediately before exchange of contracts. The final balance that is needed should be transferred shortly before completion.

How do I investigate if the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in Newmarket is on the bank’sapproved panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for TSB thus spending £175.00 in supplemental legal bill.

Please do make use of the find a lender approved solicitor tool on this site. Please choose the mortgage company and type ‘Newmarket’ or your location and you will discover a number of lawyer offices in Newmarket or nearest you.

Various online forums that I have visited warn that are the main cause of hinderance in Newmarket house deals. Is that correct?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the most frequent causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Searches are not likely to feature in any slowing down conveyancing in Newmarket.

Is it possible to switch solicitor as I have to instruct one who is on the National Westminster Bank conveyancing list. I was using a family conveyancing solicitor in Newmarket five minutes from me but she is not approved by National Westminster Bank

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Newmarket on the National Westminster Bank panel. Please note that the solicitors that we list do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are registered with the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Newmarket. Using search facility on this site, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Newmarket.

We expect to complete our sale of a £350,000 maisonette in Newmarket in 8 days. The management company has quoted £300 for Certificate of Compliance, building insurance schedule and previous years service charge statements. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge exorbitant fees for a leasehold conveyance in Newmarket?

For most leasehold sales in Newmarket conveyancing will involve, queries regarding the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :

    Addressing conveyancing due diligence questions Where consent is required before sale in Newmarket Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Newmarket leasehold property is £350. For Newmarket conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are obliged to supply the information.

Newmarket Conveyancing for Leasehold Flats - Sample of Queries Prior to buying

    The best form of lease arrangement is a share of the freehold. In this situation the leaseholders benefit from control and even though a managing agent is usually retained where the building is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent is directed by the tenants. It is important to be aware if window replacement or some other major work is pending that will be shared by the leasehold owners and will dramatically impact the level of the service fees or require a one time payment. What restrictions are there in the Newmarket Lease?

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Newmarket regulated by the SRA

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

  • Edmondson Hall, 25 Exeter Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8AR
  • Rustons & Lloyd, Beaufort House, 136 High Street, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8JP
  • Rachel Conn & Co, Suite 4, The Maltings, High Street, Burwell, Cambridgeshire, CB25 0HB

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Newmarket

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Newmarket practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Edmondson Hall, 25 Exeter Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8AR
  • Rustons & Lloyd, Beaufort House, 136 High Street, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8JP

Domestic conveyancing in Newmarket usually consists of the following:

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Investigating the title unregistered or registered
  • Ordering Newmarket property searches with respect to the property
  • Reviewing draft contract pack and other documentation supplied by the seller’s solicitor
  • Raising queries with the owner’s solicitor
  • Negotiating the purchase agreement
  • Analysing replies prepared by the seller to pre-contract enquiries
  • Negotiating a Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the buyer in respect of the loan offer: (where appropriate)
  • Drawing up and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; summarising to the purchaser 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 Land Tax forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration procedures for the new ownership and the home loan (where relevant) at the HMLR.

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

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