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Conveyancing in Northamptonshire : Keep it Local

Reasons to use our Northamptonshire conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Northamptonshire lawyers work in partnership with Northamptonshire estate agents, developers, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to ensure that a quality service is provided to clients every step of the way, with the aim of reducing administrative burdens and transaction times
  • 2 The organisations identified on our directory have a variation of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 3 Solicitor conveyancing firms have extremely good personal connections with Northamptonshire selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 Northamptonshire solicitor are the linchpin to a successful Northamptonshire conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing
  • 5 Using a local Solicitor usually results in a more bespoke service. Sometimes when dealing with a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who check what is happening on the file by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Northamptonshire since April 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Northamptonshire

We are purchasing a brand new apartment in Northamptonshire and my solicitor is advising me that she is duty bound to the mortgage company to reveal incentives from the builder. I am on a tight deadline to exchange contracts and my preference is not to prolong deal. is my lawyer playing by the book?

You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your conveyancer. A precondition to being on a mortgage company panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.

How does conveyancing in Northamptonshire differ for new build properties?

Most buyers of new build residence in Northamptonshire come to us having been asked by the housebuilder to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the residence is completed. This is because builders in Northamptonshire tend to purchase the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct property lawyers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Northamptonshire or who has acted in the same development.

I was advised by numerous selling agents in Northamptonshire to get a quote from a conveyancer on your site. Is there a financial inducement for Estate Agents to market your lawyers rather than another?

We refuse to offer any referral fee for pointing buyers and sellers our way. We found it would be just too difficult a fee because home movers will think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.

My husband and I are FTB’s - had an offer accepted, yet the agent advised that the owners will only move forward if we instruct their chosen solicitors as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a local solicitor used to conveyancing in Northamptonshire

It is unlikely the owners are behind this. Should the owner want ‘a quick sale', alienating a genuine buyer is counter productive. Speak to the vendors direct and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to progress, with finances arranged © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you intend to instruct your preferred Northamptonshire conveyancing firm - not the ones that will give the negotiator at the agency a commission or achieve conveyancing thresholds pre-set by head office.

I am attracted to a couple of apartments in Northamptonshire both have about 50 years unexpired on the leases. Should I regard a short lease as a deal breaker?

There are plenty of short leases in Northamptonshire. The lease is a right to use the premises for a prescribed time frame. As a lease gets shorter the marketability of the lease reduces and results in it becoming more expensive to extend the lease. This is why it is generally wise to increase the term of the lease. It is often difficult to sell a property with a short lease because mortgage companies may be reluctant to lend money on properties of this type. Lease extension can be a difficult process. We recommend you get professional help from a conveyancer and surveyor with experience in this field.

Northamptonshire Leasehold Conveyancing - Sample of Queries Prior to buying

    What restrictions are contained in the Northamptonshire Lease? What is the length of the lease? Please note that where the lease has no more than 80 years it will impact the marketability of the property. It is worth checking with your mortgage company that they are happy with remaining years on the lease. A short lease means that you will almost definitely need a lease extension sooner rather than later and it is worth discovering what this would cost. For most Northamptonshirelease extensions you will need to own the premises for two years before you are legally able to extend the lease.

We are soon to complete on the purchase a house in Northamptonshire but as a consequence of wreckage from the recent storms I have agreed reparation from the seller of £3k taking the form of a reduction in the price. This was going to be dealt with as part of the conveyancing process yet my mortgage company will not agree to this. Why were they involved?

Any property lawyer listed on the bank conveyancing panel is duty bound to advise the mortgage company of any amendments to the purchase price. If you did not allow your conveyancer to report the reduction to your lender then they would have no choice but to discontinue acting for you and the bank.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Northamptonshire regulated by the SRA

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

  • Sp Law Incorporating Martin Adams And Mccoll Limited, 110 Whitworth Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 4HJ
  • Key Conveyancing Llp, St Edmunds House, St Edmunds Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 5DY
  • Borneo Martell Turner Coulston Llp, 29 Billing Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 5DQ
  • Howes Percival Llp, Oxford House, Cliftonville, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 5PN
  • Al Varilone Solicitor, 23 Wisteria Way, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 3QB

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Northamptonshire

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Northamptonshire specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Sp Law Incorporating Martin Adams And Mccoll Limited, 110 Whitworth Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 4HJ
  • Key Conveyancing Llp, St Edmunds House, St Edmunds Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 5DY
  • Borneo Martell Turner Coulston Llp, 29 Billing Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 5DQ
  • Howes Percival Llp, Oxford House, Cliftonville, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 5PN
  • Franklins Solicitors Llp, 11-13 Castilian Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1JS

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Northamptonshire regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Northamptonshire but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Right Choice Conveyancing Ltd, Regents Pavilion, NN3 6BJ
  • Goodchild Vizard & Smart, 44 Hazelwood Road, NN1 1LN

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

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