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Top reasons to let us assist you choose a local conveyancing solicitor in Rocester

  • 1 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these firms are often located hundreds of kilometers away with little appreciation of the factors that affect property transactions in Rocester
  • 2 Notwithstanding what alternative companies inform you it may be necessary to attend your solicitor to execute documents. Too many 3rd parties are already involved in a house sale without needing to include the postman into the pot.
  • 3 Rocester conveyancers have a crucial edge when it comes to Rocester conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can impact your home move
  • 4 Experience means that Rocester property lawyer have established very good links with Rocester local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of undertaking your conveyancing in Rocester.
  • 5 Solicitor conveyancing solicitors have excellent personal connections with Rocester estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Rocester since January 2025*

Transfer

of semi premises, New Road, ST14 7DD completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £301,470. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s solicitor

Transfer

of terraced property, Cheadle Road, ST14 7BS completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £210,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, securing official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

Disposal

of terraced premises, Bentley Road, ST14 7NG completing on 27/01/2025 at a price of £209,950. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges, setting up the completion formalities

Transfer

of terraced property, Woodleighton Grove, ST14 8BX completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £490,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, securing official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Rocester

My husband and I are purchasing a newly constructed flat in Rocester and my solicitor is advising me that she is duty bound to the mortgage company to reveal incentives from the builder. I am under pressure to exchange contracts and I don't want to prolong deal. is my lawyer playing by the book?

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

Do I select a Licenced Conveyancer or Solicitor for conveyancing in Rocester?

There are many recorded licenced Conveyancers in Rocester and Solicitor firms in Rocester offering conveyancing It is important to make clear that both are regulated professionals specialising in the legal work in the home buying process. The two can conduct other property legal work such as remortgage conveyancing, enfranchisement and transfer of equity conveyancing.

When it comes to lenders such as Co-operative, do Rocester property lawyers have to pay a fee to be on the list of approved solicitors?

We are not aware of any mortgage company fees to be on their list of approved firms, although some do levy an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.

I have paid off my mortgage with UBS. I assume I don't need a Rocester solicitor on the UBS panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.

If you have finished paying off your UBS mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the UBS mortgage from the register. UBS, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

  1. but are not moving to another property
  2. where UBS has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. UBS has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your UBS mortgage has been paid off.

A relative recommended that if I am purchasing in Rocester I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

A search of this type is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Rocester conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing important information about Rocester around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Rocester Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Rocester.

Just bought a detached house in Rocester , how long should it take for the Land Registry to deal with the formalities evidencing the transfer to my name? My Rocester conveyancing solicitor has been very slow, so I want to be certain the land registry aspects are addressed.

As far as conveyancing in Rocester is concerned, registration is no faster or slower than the rest of England and Wales. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timescales can differ according to who lodges the application, whether there are errors and whether the Land registry must send notices to any interested parties. At present in the region of three quarters of such applications are fully addressed in less than three weeks but some can be subject to extensive hold-ups. Historically registration occurs after the new owner is living at the premises thus 'speed' is not always primary concern yet if there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your conveyancer can communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.

I am using a search engine for the term on line conveyancing in Rocester it brings up numerous conveyancerslocally. With so much choice what is the best way to find the right solicitor for the sale of my house?

The best method of seeking the right conveyancer is via personal referral, so ask friends and family who have purchased a property in Rocester or a local estate agent or mortgage broker. Charges for conveyancing in Rocester differ, so it's a good idea to request a minimum of four estimates from different companies. Be sure to secure confirmation that the fees are fixed.

Been looking for a conveyancer for freehold sale conveyancing in Rocester. We are selling, simple no mortgage to pay off, no rush, no onward purchase. Received a quote from a lawyer for £900 plus VAT which is a little high given that its so straightforward. Is it possible to find less expensive fees for conveyancing in Rocester?

As it’s a sale only, 475 + VAT should be about the best for sale conveyancing in Rocester.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Rocester regulated by the SRA

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

  • Cowlishaw & Mountford, 90 High Street, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, ST14 7JD
  • Ashley-shaun & Kemp Solicitors, 18 Carter Street, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, ST14 8EU
  • Nigel R Davis Limited, 3-4 Spire House, Waterside Park, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 1DG

Planning law solicitors in Rocester regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The practices listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Rocester with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including tree preservation orders
  • Nigel R Davis Limited, 3-4 Spire House, Waterside Park, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 1DG

Transfer of Equity conveyancing in Rocester normally entails the following:

  • Taking instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Representing lender (if applicable)
  • Agreeing the terms of the transaction
  • Drawing up Transfer or approving draft Transfer
  • Negotiating amendments to the draft Transfer
  • Corresponding with parties concerning the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and transferring monies to relevant parties
  • Preparing and submitting to HMRC the correct SDLT forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the buyer and the home loan (where appropriate) at the HMLR.

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

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