Find a Lender-Approved Local Conveyancer in Murton

Ready to buy a new home? Find a law firm approved by your lender.

There is a good reason why you won’t find people saying “if only I would have chosen a cheap national firm”! Go local - instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Murton

Reasons to use our Murton conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Murton conveyancers work in partnership with Murton estate agents, property finders, surveyors, banks and other professionals to make sure that a quality service is offered to home movers every step of the way, to ensure you’re kept up to date with progress all the way along
  • 2 Conveyancer conveyancing lawyers have very good personal links with Murton selling agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 3 Regardless alternative companies tell you it may be important to attend your conveyancer to sign contracts. There are enough parties involved in a homemove without having to include Royal Mail into the pot.
  • 4 The practices identified on our web pages have a mix of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases each year.
  • 5 There is a better than average chance that the other side’s solicitors are based in Murton - if so sets of conveyancers are likely to be on good working terms

Examples of recent conveyancing in Murton since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Murton

How do I find the right lawyer who can supply a 1st class service for our conveyancing in Murton?

Option 1 is to ask your friends and family whom they would instruct.

Second, search the web for conveyancing in Murton. Call a couple or more firms listed and request that they forward you their conveyancing fees and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will handle your legal process prior tomaking your decision.

Option 3 is to use our search tool to assist you in finding the right lawyers taking into account your own expectations including location,timings, complications and who your intended lender is. Avoid the trap of appointing ninety nine pound conveyancing in Murton

We are a couple about to sign contracts for a freehold house in Murton. We encountered a problem. Our loan offer with Birmingham Midshires runs out on 11/8/2025 but the vendors are putting forward a completion date of 13/8/2025. Can one prolong the mortgage expiry date?

The best person to address this issue is your conveyancer who will hopefully assess if they should be discussing with the mortgage broker, seller’s lawyers, estate agents or possibly all three based on the circumstances your conveyancing as of today.

It is is a decade since I bought my property in Murton. Conveyancing solicitors have recently been instructed on the sale but I am unable to find the deeds. Is this a major issue?

Don’t worry too much. Firstly the deeds may be with the lender or they could be in the possession of the lawyers who acted in your purchase. Secondly the chances are that the title will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to prove you are the registered owner by your conveyancing solicitors procuring up to date copy of the land registers. Almost all conveyancing in Murton involves registered property but in the rare situation where your home is unregistered it is more problematic but is resolvable.

What is the difference between a licensed conveyancer and conveyancing solicitor in Murton

There are two types of lawyers who can do conveyancing in Murton namely licenced conveyancers or solicitors. The two can administer the legal services that required to complete the sale or purchase of property. Both are duty bound to conduct Murton conveyancing on similar standards and guidelines so you may be sure that your conveyancing will be professionally administered and that all necessary steps should be accurately adhered to.

My bid for a property was accepted at auction in Murton. Conveyancing is required. What are my next steps?

Given that you have now for in every practical sense signed on the dotted line you must instruct a conveyancing practitioner as a matter of priority as you will have a tight a fixed date to complete the transaction. All auction property will ordinarily have an associated auction pack. This will likely include most,if not all of the documents that your solicitor requires. If you have purchased leasehold premises the auction papers may include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing documentation specific to a leasehold property. You need to give this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor ASAP. Do make sure that your finances are organised to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

My wife and I purchasing a end of terrace house in Murton. The intention is to an extension at the rear at the house.Will the conveyancing process include checks to determine if these works are prohibited?

Your property lawyer will review the registered title as conveyancing in Murton will on occasion reveal restrictions in the title documents which prevent categories of works or require the permission of a 3rd party. Many additions call for local authority planning permissions and approval in compliance with building regulations. Some areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or impact extensions. You should check these issues with a surveyor before you commit yourself to a purchase.

The deeds to our property can not be found. The solicitors who did the conveyancing in Murton 4 years ago are no longer around. What do I do?

Assuming you have a registered title the information relating to your proprietorship will be recorded by the Land Registry with a Title Number. It is easy to conduct a search at the Land Registry, identify your property and order up to date copies of the property title for less than a fiver. Where the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases retain a file duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be ordered for twenty pounds.

Is it possible to change firm as I need to instruct a firm on the Aldermore conveyancing panel. I instructed a high street conveyancing solicitor in Murton five minutes from me but he is not approved by Aldermore

It would be our pleasure to help you select a conveyancing solicitor in Murton on the Aldermore panel. Please note that the law firms that we on the directory do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are fully regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Murton. In utilising search facility on this site, you can scrutinise costs for conveyancing solicitors in Murton and throughout England and Wales.

Last updated

Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Murton regulated by the SRA

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

  • Kenneth M Barrow & Co Limited, 15-16 Adelaide Row, Seaham, County Durham, SR7 7EF
  • Cullen Hammond Limited, Regus House, 4 Admiral Way, Doxford International Business, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR3 3XW
  • Sherwood-smith Tilley & Co, Britannic Chambers, Po Box 4, 92/94 Newbottle Street, Houghton Le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 4AJ
  • Kirkup Lascelles & Creed, 25 Yoden Way, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 1BP
  • Clear View Law Limited, Mowbray Villas, Mowbray Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7EA

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Murton

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Murton with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on wrongful eviction

  • Hodgson Coulthard & Co, Glendale House, 10 Church Street, Houghton Le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 4DN
  • Kirkup Lascelles & Creed, 25 Yoden Way, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 1BP
  • Sweeney Miller Llp, Mowbray Villas, Mowbray Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7EA
  • Red Chevron Legal Services Ltd, Mowbray Villas, Mowbray Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7EA

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Murton regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Murton specialising in commercial conveyancing in Murton. This may include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • Naughtons Solicitors Llp, 1-2 Adelaide Row, Seaham, County Durham, SR7 7EF
  • Sherwood-smith Tilley & Co, Britannic Chambers, Po Box 4, 92/94 Newbottle Street, Houghton Le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 4AJ
  • Kirkup Lascelles & Creed, 25 Yoden Way, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 1BP
  • Clear View Law Limited, Mowbray Villas, Mowbray Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7EA
  • Sweeney Miller Llp, Mowbray Villas, Mowbray Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7EA

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

© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of Land Registry under delegated authority from the Controller of HMSO.