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  • 1 This site is the only site offering you the ability to check that your property ownership legalities in Selsey will be carried out by a property lawyer on your lender’s conveyancing panel.
  • 2 Solicitors accustomed to conveyancing in Selsey are familiar with the local issues specific to Selsey and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and speedier conveyancing.
  • 3 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor usually results in a more personalised service. Sometimes when dealing with a large conveyancing firm, your transaction is handled by a team of people who who progress matters by reading from their computer screens.
  • 4 Notwithstanding what other sites say it could be necessary to pop into your conveyancer to sign contracts. There are various parties with involved in a homemove without having to add the postman into the equation.
  • 5 We are the UKs largest residential conveyancing directory service identifying bank approved law practices delivering conveyancing in Selsey who are regulated by the SRA or CLC.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Selsey since January 2025*

Disposal

of semi-detached property, Summer Lane, PO21 4NG completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £355,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending title deeds and signed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

Transfer

of flat Pagham Road PO21 3TQ, at the agreed amount of £85,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for signature in preparation for completion

Sale

of semi-detached premises, Hunters Close, PO21 4HR completing on 24/01/2025 at a price of £500,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion

Transfer

of terraced residence, Russell Road, PO20 8EF completing on 21/01/2025 at a price of £875,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, obtaining official copies of the title

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Selsey

My husband and I are looking to acquire a property in Selsey and are in fact using a Selsey conveyancing firm. Within the last couple of days our solicitor has forwarded the sale agreement to be signed with a detailed report with a view to exchanging next week. Nottingham Building Society have this morning contacted us to advise us that there is now an issue as our Selsey solicitor is not on their conveyancing panel. Please explain?

Where you are buying a property needing a mortgage it is normal for the purchasers' solicitors to also represent the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your solicitor should contact your bank and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the bank's conveyancing panel and you may continue to use your own Selsey solicitors, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it may delay matters as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.

I am in a contract race with another buyer for a property in Selsey. What can be done to speed up the legal process?

First, If you are under pressure for your conveyancing we would recommend that your solicitor is familiar with the location as they will benefit local contacts and insight. It is possible that they may have transacted otherhomes in the same neighbourhood. Therefore consider using a Selsey conveyancing lawyer. Second, be sure that the conveyancing firm is on the lender panel. It is claimed that nearly one in five of Selsey conveyancing deals are frustrated or jeopardised after finding out that a purchaser’s solicitor was not on their banks list of approved solicitors. This can often result in the transaction being held up by an average of three weeks. It is said that this issue impacts in the region of one hundred thousand home sales annually. Many Selsey conveyancing practices can not represent certain mortgage companies so do check as early as possible.

Is it correct that all Selsey CQS (Conveyancing Quality Scheme) solicitors are on the Co-operative conveyancing list of approved practices?

It is true that some banks and building societies now use the accreditation scheme as the starting point for Panel membership such as HSBC and Santander. CQS accreditation however gives no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. That being said,the Council of Mortgage Lenders have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for solicitor practices wishing to remain on their panels.

Is it the case that all Selsey conveyancing solicitors on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel are governed by the SRA?

As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Bank of Ireland approved list of solicitors they would need to be regulated by the SRA. Some lenders do list licenced conveyancers on their panel and in that case the firms would be overseen by the CLC.

Kent Reliance have agreed my home loan in principle, my offer on a flat in Selsey has been agreed to, what happens next?

The estate agent will want to be advised as to your conveyancer's details (ensure that the lawyers are on the lender’s panel). Call up Kent Reliance or the financial adviser and finalise any outstanding forms. Kent Reliance will appoint a valuer who will get in touch with the estate agent or owners to schedule an appointment. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes on average ten days to receive the mortgage offer. Kent Reliance will issue the offer to you and your conveyancers. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Selsey.

Do I need to take out insurance to cover chancel repairs when purchasing a house in Selsey?

Unless a prior acquisition of the premises took place post 12 October 2013 you could expect conveyancing practitioners carrying out conveyancing in Selsey to continue to suggest a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I completed on my flat on 13 November and my personal details is yet to be registered. Any reason for this? My conveyancing solicitor in Selsey said it will be recorded in less than a month. Are titles in Selsey particularly slow to register?

As far as conveyancing in Selsey registration is no faster or slower than anywhere else in England and Wales. Rather than based on location, timescales can differ depending on who lodges the application, whether it is in order and whether the Land registry communicate with any other persons or bodies. As of today 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. Registration is effected once the new owner has moved in to the premises therefore post completion formalities is not typically top priority yet if there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your solicitor should communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.

We're new on the property ladder - had an offer accepted, yet the selling agent told us that the vendor will only issue a contract if we use the agent's chosen conveyancers as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a high street conveyancer who is accustomed to conveyancing in Selsey

We suspect that the seller is not behind this ultimatum. Should the owner require ‘a quick sale', turning down a genuine purchaser is going to damage their objectives. Try to communicate with the owners directly and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to go, with finances in place © you are chain free (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you are going to instruct your preferred Selsey conveyancing lawyers - rather thanthose that will earn their negotiator at the agency a kickback or achieve conveyancing figures set by senior management.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Selsey regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Selsey practicing in commercial conveyancing in Selsey. This could include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Helen And Ian Saul Solicitors, 6 Priory Close, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 4HH
  • Hobbs Law Llp, 21 Tennyson Road, Aldwick, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 2SB

Domestic conveyancing in Selsey normally involves the following:

  • Conveyancer instructed by the purchaser on acceptance of the offer
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Ordering Selsey conveyancing searches for the property
  • Reviewing draft contract pack and other documentation supplied by the seller’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Submitting enquiries with the seller’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Negotiating the sale agreement
  • Assessing replies prepared by the seller to pre-contract enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for a Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the purchasing in respect of the mortgage offer: (if applicable)
  • Preparing and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; a breakdown of all findings on the property)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Completion of and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the appropriate SDLT forms and payment
  • Registering the buyer and the mortgage (where relevant) at the HMLR.

Sale in Selsey 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 owners once the offer has been accepted
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Drafting contract and associated papers
  • Forwarding draft papers to the solicitor retained by the purchaser
  • Negotiating contracts and replying to supplemental questions from the purchaser’s solicitor
  • Negotiating the transfer deed
  • Answering requisitions prepared by the purchaser’s solicitor
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Accepting the sale proceeds and transferring funds to the owner, the estate agent and other relevant parties (where applicable)

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

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