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Portsmouth Conveyancing Statistics*

  • 1 Average time frame of 21 days for registration of title in Portsmouth
  • 2 76% freehold and 24% leasehold conveyancing in Portsmouth for last year
  • 3 Average time from start to completion was 54 days for conveyancing in Portsmouth
  • 4 Percentage of cases in Portsmouth that are buy to let is 36%
  • 5 Average Stamp Duty Payable for last year was £3,611

Examples of recent conveyancing in Portsmouth since November 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Portsmouth

How do I find the right solicitor who will supply a quality service for my conveyancing in Portsmouth?

Option 1 is to ask your friends and family who they would recommend.

Second, search the web for conveyancing in Portsmouth. Call a couple or more firms from the list and request that they forward you their conveyancing quote and have a conversation with the lawyer who will oversee the legal process prior tocommitting.

Third is to use our search tool to help you find the right lawyers for you based on your own factors including area of the property,deadlines, complexity and who the proposed mortgage company is. Avoid the trap of appointing ninety nine pound conveyancing in Portsmouth

We are buying a house and require a conveyancing solicitor in Portsmouth who is on the Yorkshire BS approved panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a conveyancing firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Yorkshire BS . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Portsmouth.

Our bank has suggested a law firm on their panel based in Portsmouth but I would rather instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Portsmouth or nearer to where I live. Are you able to help?

The minority of Portsmouth conveyancing solicitors are on all lender’s conveyancing panel. Use our find an approved solicitor tool to find a Portsmouth conveyancing firm on the on the bank panel.

Various online forums that I have visited warn that are the number one cause of delay in Portsmouth conveyancing transactions. Is that correct?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the determinations of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the most frequent causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are not likely to feature in any slowing down conveyancing in Portsmouth.

About to purchase a new build flat in Portsmouth. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Portsmouth

    Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision.

How simple is it to use your search facility to get a quote from a conveyancing lawyer in Portsmouth on the authorised to act for my bank?

Step one is to pick a mortgage company such as Birmingham Midshires, Bank of Scotland or Godiva Mortgages Ltd then specify your preferred area e.g. Portsmouth. Conveyancing firms in Portsmouth and further afield will then be shown.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Portsmouth regulated by the SRA

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

  • Larcomes Llp, 168 London Road, North End, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 9DN
  • Saulet Townsend Limited, Froddington House, Cumberland Business Centre, Northumberland Road, Southsea, Hampshire, PO5 1DS
  • Allens, Pendower House, Northumberland Road, Cumberland Business Centre, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO5 1DS
  • Stokes Solicitors Llp, 108 Victoria Road North, Southsea, Hampshire, PO5 1QQ
  • Gurney-champion & Co, Champion House, 104 Victoria Road North, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO5 1QE

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Portsmouth regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Portsmouth with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Portsmouth. This may include advice on taking a commercial lease as a tenant
  • Larcomes Llp, 168 London Road, North End, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 9DN
  • Allens, Pendower House, Northumberland Road, Cumberland Business Centre, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO5 1DS
  • Saulet Townsend Limited, Froddington House, Cumberland Business Centre, Northumberland Road, Southsea, Hampshire, PO5 1DS
  • Stokes Solicitors Llp, 108 Victoria Road North, Southsea, Hampshire, PO5 1QQ
  • Gurney-champion & Co, Champion House, 104 Victoria Road North, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO5 1QE

Residential Licensed Conveyancers in Portsmouth regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Portsmouth but also conveyancing across England and Wales.
  • Five Property Lawyers Ltd, 5 Seagrove Avenue, PO11 9EU
  • Solent Property Lawyers Limited, First Floor 118-120 High Street, PO13 9DB
  • Haines Conveyancing, 2 Westbrook Centre, PO7 8SE

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

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