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New Romney Conveyancing Statistics*

  • 1 The most common indemnity insurance policies for New Romney conveyancing is Chancel
  • 2 Average Land Registry Fee for this year to date was £270
  • 3 September was the busiest month and October was the next busiest month while October was the least busiest month of the year for conveyancing in New Romney
  • 4 Average Stamp Duty Payable for this year to date was £7,299
  • 5 Average time frame of 44 days for registration of title in New Romney

Examples of recent conveyancing in New Romney since May 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in New Romney

My friend's mother is a property lawyer. I anticipate that I'll be able to get friends and family fee for conveyancing, However if that does not come materialise, what level of costs should I be expecting for conveyancing in New Romney?

It’s advisable to seek two or three conveyancing quotes. Do use our search tool on this site. You will notice that charges will be different but the service one can expect differ between solicitors as is the case with the vast majority of professional services.

My son-in-law is purchasing a new build apartment in New Romney with a home loan from Principality. His lawyer has said that there is a delay in receiving the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. This document is news to me - what is it and who needs sight of it?

The form is intended to provide information to the main parties engaged in the transaction. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Principality conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the surveyor when asked. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Principality conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our house are lost. The conveyancers who dealt with the conveyancing in New Romney 5 years ago no longer exist. Will I be able to sell the house?

Gone are the days when you need to have the physical official documentation to prove you are the owner of your registered land or property, as the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.

I am purchasing a new build house in New Romney with the aid of help to buy. The developers would not reduce the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of extras instead. The sale representative suggested that I not disclose to my conveyancer about this deal as it would jeopardize my mortgage with the bank. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Am I best advised to instruct a New Romney conveyancing lawyer based in the location that I am hoping to buy? I have an old university friend who can execute the conveyancing but her office is approximately 350kilometers away.

The primary upside of using a high street New Romney conveyancing practice is that you can pop in to sign documents, hand in your identification documents and pester them if necessary. They will also have local insight which is a benefit. However it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who instructed your friend and the majority were impressed that must surpass using an unfamiliar New Romney conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being New Romney based.

If instructed can a conveyancer remove a person from the title of my home in New Romney ?

Extracting or adding someone to the title of your home is relatively straightforward. You’ll need to appoint a lawyer to discuss your legal rights before you can proceed with a transfer of property. Contact us to book a free consultation with one a solicitor

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What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in New Romney?

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding purchasing and selling property and cover conveyancing countrywide as well as New Romney. If instructing a Licensed Conveyancer governed by the CLC, you can expect:
  • Have an honest and lawful service.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high standard of legal services.
  • Be supplied with your conveyancing dealt with using care, skill and diligence.
  • Receive a high standard of service due to your lawyer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Receive a service which is accessible and responsive to your individual needs.
  • Not feel discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • Not receive a service which is below the standard you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Ensure your individual needs taken into account should you make a complaint.
  • Receive a speedy, impartial and comprehensive service where making a complaint about your conveyancing in New Romney about your conveyancing in New Romney.

Sale conveyancing in New Romney ordinarily includes the following:

  • Solicitor instructed by the seller on acceptance of the offer
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and related documents
  • Sending draft papers to the conveyancing practitioner retained by the buyer
  • Negotiating contracts and replying to additional queries from the buyer’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Finalising the transfer document
  • Replying to requisitions submitted by the purchaser’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion formalities
  • Accepting the sale proceeds and transferring funds to the vendor, the estate agent and other relevant parties (where relevant)

Whether you are going through a divorce or separation or simply wish to transfer your property to someone else, transfer of equity conveyancing in New Romney includes some of the following tasks:

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Following instructions from the bank (where relevant)
  • Agreeing the terms of the transaction
  • Preparing the Transfer or approving draft Transfer
  • Agreeing adjustments to the the Transfer deed
  • Corresponding with parties concerning the Transfer
  • Agreeing and preparing for completion
  • Receiving and releasing funds to relevant parties
  • Preparing and submitting to HMRC the correct stamp duty forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the buyer and the home loan (where appropriate) at the HMLR.

Neighboring Locations

Kingsnorth
Ashford Kent
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Romney
New Romney

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

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