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Reading Conveyancing Statistics*

  • 1 The most common indemnity insurance policies for Reading conveyancing is Restrictive Covenant
  • 2 Percentage of leasehold conveyancing cases in Reading with service charge retention of 3%
  • 3 Average Land Registry Fee for this year to date was £270
  • 4 Average time from start to completion was 78 days for conveyancing in Reading
  • 5 was the busiest month and was the next busiest month while was the least busiest month of the year for conveyancing in Reading

Examples of recent conveyancing in Reading since September 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Reading

My IFA has requested my Reading lawyer’ panel reference for the HSBC conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I find this out. I have tried my local Reading branch but they have not responded to me.

Have you tried contacting your Reading conveyancing practitioner about this?. They retain a central record lender panel numbers.

The formalities of my remortgage has taken place for my property in Reading. Conveyancing was a necessary evil but I would like to complain about the lender. Who do I contact should I wish to lodge a complaint?

All banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Services Team at head office. Ordinarily complaints to a lender are resolved very quickly. However if you are not satisfied that the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR who will take matters further.

It is unclear whether my lender requires a lease extension. I have telephoned my Reading building society branch on numerous occasions and was told they are content with the situation and they would lend. My Reading conveyancing solicitor - who is on the lender conveyancing panel- called to say that they refuse to lend in accordance with their specific requirements. I have no idea who is right.

As long as the conveyancing practitioner is on the mortgage company panel, they must follow the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook provisions for the bank. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the bank will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the mortgage company to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years left on the lease.

About to purchase house in Reading. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Nationwide 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 Reading conveyancing practitioner is on the Nationwide conveyancing panel.

Just had an offer accepted on a new build apartment in Reading. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Reading

    Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Please supply a car parking plan.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I have offered on last month in what was supposed to be a quick, no chain conveyancing. Reading is the location of the property. Can you offer any assistance?

Flying freeholds in Reading are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Reading you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Reading may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.

How easy is it to swap firm as I have to choose a firm on the Lloyds TSB Bank conveyancing panel. I was using a high street conveyancing solicitor in Reading round the corner but she is not accepted by Lloyds TSB Bank

It would be our pleasure to assist you find a conveyancing solicitor in Reading on the Lloyds TSB Bank panel. Please note that the solicitors that we on the directory do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Reading. In utilising search facility on this site, you can contrast fees for conveyancing solicitors in Reading and throughout England and Wales.

As co-executor for the will of my uncle I am selling a house in Monmouth but live in Reading. My conveyancer (based 200 kilometers from merequires that I sign a stat dec ahead of the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Reading to attest this legal document for me?

strictly speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Reading based

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Reading

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Reading practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on Court proceedings for possession

  • Lesley A Clay Solicitor, Wayside Cottage, The Slade, Bucklebury, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 6TE
  • John L Banky Solicitors, 18a High Street, Theale, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 5AN

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Reading regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Reading but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Pure Property Law Partners Limited, 33 Ashbury Drive, RG31 5LJ

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

  • Lawyer instructed by the purchaser on acceptance of the offer
  • Investigating the title to the premises
  • Ordering Reading searches with respect to the property
  • Considering the draft sale agreement and other documentation collated by the seller’s conveyancer
  • Raising questions with the vendor’s conveyancer
  • Negotiating the purchase contract
  • Assessing replies given by the owner to pre-contract enquiries
  • Negotiating a Transfer document
  • Advising the purchasing in respect of the loan offer: (if applicable)
  • Drafting and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; summarising to the purchaser on the contents of the contract pack, pre-contract enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion formalities
  • Preparing and submitting to HMRC the appropriate stamp duty forms and payment
  • Registering the new ownership and the home loan (where applicable) at the HM Land Registry.

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

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