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Conveyancing in Chinnor : Keep it Local

Chinnor Conveyancing Statistics*

  • 1 Average Land Registry Fee for this year to date was £270
  • 2 89% freehold and 11% leasehold conveyancing in Chinnor for this year to date
  • 3 Average Stamp Duty Payable for this year to date was £12,972
  • 4 Average time frame of 37 days for registration of title in Chinnor
  • 5 September was the busiest month and August was the next busiest month while May was the least busiest month of the year for conveyancing in Chinnor

Examples of recent conveyancing in Chinnor since January 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Chinnor

Souldinstructing a Chinnor conveyancing practitioner make my purchase more efficient?

On the whole conveyancing solicitors in your neck of the woods will benefit from excellent relationships with your local authority, which can help with your Chinnor conveyancing searches that your conveyancer will require. It also helps if they enjoy existing connections with the Land Registry in your area Chinnor, other lawyers in the neighbourhood and Chinnor property agents.

I purchased a freehold premises in Chinnor but still invoiced for rent, why is this and what is this?

It is rare for properties in Chinnor and has limited impact for conveyancing in Chinnor but some freehold properties in England (particularly common in North West England) pay an annual sum known as a Chief Rent or a Rentcharge to a third party who has no other legal interest in the land.

Rentcharge payments are usually between £2.00 and £5.00 per year. Rentcharges date back hundreds of years, but the Rent Charge Act 1977 barred the creation of fresh rentcharges from 1977 onwards.

Previous rentcharges can now be extinguished by making a lump sum payment under the Act. Any rentcharges that are still in existence post 2037 will be dispensed with completely.

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

This is a search is occasionally quoted for as part of the standard Chinnor conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing significant information about Chinnor around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Chinnor.

I purchased my home on 5 August and my personal details is yet to be registered. Need I be worried? My conveyancing solicitor in Chinnor said it will be concluded in less than a month. Are titles in Chinnor particularly slow to register?

There is nothing unique about conveyancing in Chinnor registration formalities. As opposed to being determined by geographic area, timeframes can differ depending on who lodges the application, whether there are errors and whether the Land registry communicate with any 3rd parties. Currently in the region of 80% of such applications are fully dealt with in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be extensive hold-ups. Historically registration occurs once the new owner has moved in to the property thus 'speed' is not always primary concern yet if there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your lawyers should communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for an expedited registration.

Is it possible to change conveyancer as I have to select a firm on the Accord Mortgages Ltd conveyancing list. I instructed a high street conveyancing solicitor in Chinnor round the corner but she is not accepted by Accord Mortgages Ltd

It would be our pleasure to help you select a conveyancing solicitor in Chinnor on the Accord Mortgages Ltd panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we work with do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Chinnor. In utilising search facility on this website, you can compare costs for conveyancing solicitors in Chinnor and throughout England and Wales.

Our lenders have just issued us with a mortgage offer. We instructed a local conveyancer in Chinnor yesterday. A couple of hours ago, our financial adviser phoned to advise us that the bank said that we cannot use our solicitor as they aren't on their 'approved list'. As FTB's, we had no idea that the mortgage company had a say Is this legal?

You are at liberty to instruct any conveyancing solicitor you prefer to appoint including the said conveyancer in Chinnor nevertheless if your lender aren't happy with them you will have to pay an extra fee so the bank can instruct their own lawyers. It may be conceivable that your solicitor may apply to get included on to the bank list of approved firms. You can use internet search facilities such as lenderpanel.com to find a conveyancing solcitor in Chinnor on the lender panel. You can go into your local lender branch in Chinnor. They can recommend conveyancing solicitors in Chinnor on the mortgage company panel.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Chinnor regulated by the SRA

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

  • Regler & Company, 51 High Street, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX39 4DJ
  • Benhamlaw Limited, The Sanderum Centre, 30a Upper High Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3EX
  • Stocker & Co Llp, 10a Buttermarket, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3EW
  • Lightfoots Llp, 1-3 High Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2BX
  • Honniball & Company, 98 High Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3EH

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Chinnor

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Chinnor with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Regler & Company, 51 High Street, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX39 4DJ
  • Benhamlaw Limited, The Sanderum Centre, 30a Upper High Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3EX
  • Stocker & Co Llp, 10a Buttermarket, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3EW
  • Lightfoots Llp, 1-3 High Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2BX
  • Honniball & Company, 98 High Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3EH

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

  • Conveyancing practitioner instructed by the buyer once the offer has been accepted
  • Investigating the title unregistered or registered
  • Undertaking Chinnor searches with respect to the title
  • Reviewing draft sale agreement and other documentation received from the vendor’s lawyer
  • Raising queries with the vendor’s lawyer
  • Negotiating the sale contract
  • Analysing replies supplied by the owner to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the purchasing in respect of the loan offer: (if relevant)
  • 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 completion formalities
  • Completing and submitting to HMRC the appropriate SDLT forms and payment
  • Registering the change in ownership and the home loan (where applicable) at the Land Registry.

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

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