Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Wakefield

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You can try and find the cheapest conveyancing solicitors in Wakefield but be careful as you may get what you pay for.

Main reasons to use our service to assist you find a local conveyancing solicitor in Wakefield

  • 1 The Wakefield conveyancing practitioners that are listed are committed to providing the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and investors in Wakefield
  • 2 The accumulation of transactions means that Wakefield solicitor have established valuable connections with Wakefield local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of handling your home move in Wakefield.
  • 3 Lawyer conveyancing lawyers have excellent personal connections with Wakefield selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 Retaining the services of a a family Solicitor in the main means that you will receive a more bespoke service. Sometimes when dealing with a an online conveyancing factory, your conveyancing is dealt with by a team of people who who progress matters by reading from their computer screens.
  • 5 Our site is the only site that enables you the facility to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Wakefield will be carried out by a law firm on your mortgage lender’s authorised panel.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Wakefield since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Wakefield

My partner and I are intent on purchasing a leasehold flat in Wakefield. My Solicitor is not on the bank conveyancing panel. Can I still appoint my Wakefield conveyancing solicitor even though they are excluded from the bank approved list?

Your options include

  • Complete the deal with your chosen Wakefield solicitor but your mortgage company will no doubt use a solicitor from their approved panel. The net result is additional fees together with likely delay.
  • Choose a fresh conveyancing practitioner to conduct the conveyancing, obviously checking they are on the lender conveyancing panel.
  • Convince your solicitor to do everything within their powers to join the lender’s panel of solicitors

Do the Building Society Association intend to launch a online directory to to identify law firms on the Loughborough BS conveyancing panel for example in Wakefield?

We would not expect to be advised of any plans on the part of the BSA to develop such a tool.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Wakefield?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Wakefield. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I put an offer in last month in what should have been a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Wakefield is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?

Flying freeholds in Wakefield are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Wakefield you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Wakefield may ascertain 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 premises.

I am intending to rent out my leasehold flat in Wakefield. Conveyancing solicitor who did the purchase is retired - so can't ask him. Is permission from the freeholder required?

A small minority of properties in Wakefield do contain a provision to say that subletting is only permitted with prior consent from the landlord. The landlord cannot unreasonably refuse but, in such cases, they would need to review references. Experience suggests that problems are usually caused by unsatisfactory tenants rather than owner-occupiers and for that reason you can expect the freeholder to take up the references and consider them carefully before granting consent.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Wakefield - Sample of Queries before Purchasing

    This question is important as a) areas can cause problems for the building as the common areas may begin to deteriorate if services are not paid for b) if the tenants have an issue with the running of the building you will need to have all the details Please note that where the lease has less than eighty years it will affect the marketability of the property. Check with your bank that they are happy with residual term of the lease. Leases with less than 80 years remaining means that you will probably have to extend the lease sooner rather than later and you need to have some idea of what this will be. For most Wakefieldlease extensions you will be required to have been the owner of the property for a couple of years in order to be eligible to extend the lease. Who are the managing agents?

Are there any apps to help find a Wakefield conveyancing solicitor on the bank conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to twentymiles to attend the lawyer.

Feel free to make use of the find a conveyancing panel tool on this page. Please choose the lender and your location, in this case Wakefield and you will see a number of lawyer located nearest Wakefield. Alternatively you can type in the name of your proposed law firm and see if they are listed as being on the bank solicitor panel.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Wakefield

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Wakefield specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Claims for damages for illegal

  • Henshaw Pratt Solicitors In Association With Kenyon Son & Craddock, 32 Cheapside, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2TF
  • Switalskis Solicitors Limited, 19 Cheapside, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2SD
  • Gm Wilson Solicitors Limited, 1 Crown Court, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2SU
  • Catteralls, 15 King Street, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2SL
  • Crooks Commercial Solicitors Limited, 17 Appleton Court, Calder Park, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 7AR

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Wakefield regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Wakefield with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Wakefield. This will likely include advice on commercial leases including all matters relating to landlord and tenant law
  • Henshaw Pratt Solicitors In Association With Kenyon Son & Craddock, 32 Cheapside, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2TF
  • Switalskis Solicitors Limited, 19 Cheapside, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2SD
  • Gm Wilson Solicitors Limited, 1 Crown Court, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2SU
  • Catteralls, 15 King Street, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2SL
  • Liddy's Solicitors Limited, 2 King Street, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2SQ

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

  • Obtaining instructions from parties involved
  • Checking the title to the property
  • Conducting Wakefield property searches for the property
  • Reviewing draft contract pack and other papers prepared the seller’s conveyancer
  • Raising queries with the vendor’s conveyancer
  • Negotiating the purchase agreement
  • Reviewing replies prepared by the owner to pre-contract enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for a Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the buyer in respect of the loan offer: (where applicable)
  • Drafting 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 completion formalities
  • Preparing and submitting to HM Revenue and Customs the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Registering the purchase and the home loan (if relevant) at the HMLR.

Neighboring Locations

Beeston
Rothwell
Ossett
Wakefield
Horbury

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

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