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

Reasons to use our Keighley conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Keighley is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) often falls short of the high standards of professionalism you will expect.
  • 2 No matter what any other companies may claim it just might be important to visit your conveyancer to sign documents. Too many 3rd parties are already involved in a homemove without having to include the postman into the pot.
  • 3 The Keighley conveyancing firms that are listed are dedicated to supplying the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and investors in Keighley
  • 4 Our site is the first site offering you the ability to ensure that your conveyancing in Keighley will be carried out by a conveyancer on your mortgage lender’s conveyancing panel.
  • 5 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these firms are often based hundreds of miles away with little appreciation of the factors that affect property transactions in Keighley

Examples of recent conveyancing in Keighley since December 2023*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Keighley

Why is leasehold purchase conveyancing in Keighley is more expensive?

Keighley leasehold properties involve far more paperwork than a freehold purchase, and therefore takes more time to examine and advise upon.Conveyancing will involve the lease having to be checked which is usually a lengthy document, queries raised to ensure that the covenants and conditions have been observed. If it is a flat there will be a management company in existence and the accounts of this will need to be checked and enquiries raised to ensure it is operating efficiently and that all monies due have been paid by the Seller to the company and if not ensuring that money is paid up to date or the appropriate undertakings obtained.

I am helping my mother sell her house in Keighley. Will the conveyancing solicitor commission the energy performance certificate or should I organise this?

After the demise of Home Information Packs, EPC’s became a mandatory part of selling a house. An energy performance certificate needs to be commissioned prior to the property being advertised. This is not a task that lawyers ordinarily organise. If you are instructing a Keighley conveyancing lawyer they may be able to arrange energy assessments given their contacts with long established Keighley energy assessors

Can you help - my lawyer advises that lack of building regulations insurance is needed on my purchase. What is the level of cover for Keighley conveyancing?

The right level of lack of building regulations indemnity insurance depends on who your lender is. It would differ for example between Birmingham Midshires and The Mortgage Works. Conveyancing lawyers as opposed to members of the public take out such insurances.

I have paid off my mortgage with Aldermore. I assume I don't need a Keighley lawyer on the Aldermore panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your Aldermore 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 Aldermore mortgage from the register. Aldermore, 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 Aldermore has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. Aldermore has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Aldermore mortgage has been paid off.

I have been told that property searches are the primary cause of stalling in Keighley conveyancing transactions. Is this right?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the common causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are not likely to be the root cause of slowing down conveyancing in Keighley.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our home can not be found. The lawyers who handled the conveyancing in Keighley 10 years ago no longer exist. Will I be able to sell the house?

Gone are the days when you need to hold title deeds to evidence that you are the owner of your registered land or property, as the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.

Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a house in Keighley prior to instructing solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the property. The surveyor has said that some mortgage companies will refuse to grant a mortgage on such a house.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different requirements for example to Nationwide. Should you wish to call us we can investigate further with the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Keighley. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Keighley to see if the conveyancing will be more expensive.

Taking into account that I am about to spend 450k on 3 bedroom house in Keighley I wish to have a conversation with the conveyancer regarding thehome move before appointing the firm. Can this be arranged?

Absolutely - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the conveyancer who will be doing your property ownership legalities in Keighley.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique individual, not a file number. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for your conveyancing in Keighley should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Keighley

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Keighley specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This may include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • Awb Charlesworth Llp, 12/16 North Street, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 3SE
  • John J Halliwell & Co (incorporating Dewhirst Binns), 53 Kirkgate, Silsden, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 0AQ
  • E-solicitors Limited, 46 Kings Road, Ilkley, LS29 9AT
  • Brooks, 30 Kirkgate, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD18 3QN

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Keighley regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Keighley practicing in commercial conveyancing in Keighley. This could include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Waddington Legal Limited, 22-24 Devonshire Street, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 2AU
  • Awb Charlesworth Llp, 12/16 North Street, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 3SE
  • John J Halliwell & Co (incorporating Dewhirst Binns), 53 Kirkgate, Silsden, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 0AQ
  • Read Dunn Connell Limited, 30 Park Road, Bingley, West Yorkshire, BD16 4JD
  • Claire Murphy Limited, Suite 8, Ridings House, 31 Leeds Road, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 8DP

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Keighley regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Keighley but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Howarth & Hollings , 20 Devonshire Street, BD21 2AU
  • Gaines And Wilkinson, 46 North Street, BD21 3SE
  • Kathleen A Turner, 1 Market Street, BD16 2HP

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

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