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Reasons to use our Soham conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Soham lawyers have a significant advantage when it comes to Soham conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can affect your conveyancing
  • 2 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these companies are often based hundreds of kilometers away with little appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Soham
  • 3 Chances are that the the solicitors for the other party have offices in Soham - if so both parties will be on good working terms
  • 4 Using a local Solicitor usually means that you will receive a more personalised service. Sometimes when dealing with a an online conveyancing factory, your transaction is handled by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 5 The Soham conveyancing practitioners that are listed are committed to supplying the most cost, efficient and transparent conveyancing service to borrowers, sellers and remortgagors in Soham

Examples of recent conveyancing in Soham since November 2025*

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Sale

of terraced premises, White Hart Lane, CB7 5JQ completing on 19/11/2025 at a price of £340,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, obtaining official copies of the title, setting up the completion formalities

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Transfer

of semi residence, The Causeway, CB7 5BD completing on 19/11/2025 at a price of £240,000. The conveyancing process incorporates some of the following tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

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Sale

of detached residence residence, Nightall Road, CB7 5FE completing on 28/11/2025 at a price of £235,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in preparation for completion, agreeing completion date with parties, preparing statement detailing charges

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Sale

of semi property, Chestnut Drive, CB7 5FW completing on 05/12/2025 at a price of £250,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Soham

We are planning to purchase with Coventry BS. I dropped in 3 or 4 high street solicitors but am struggling to find a Soham conveyancing firm on the Coventry BS panel. Could you assist?

Please do make the most of the search tool on this page. Pick the lender and type Soham or your preferred area and you will see numerous solicitors offices in Soham or by proximity to you.

We have agreed to purchase a house in Soham. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Virgin Money have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?

Given that your lender is Virgin Money your lawyer must comply with the formal instructions contained in Part two of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Virgin Money. The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook contains minimum specifications for solar panel roof-space leases, and property lawyers are required to report to Virgin Money where a lease does not satisfy these specifications. The specifications relate to the installation of panels on properties in England and Wales and is not isolated to Soham.

I have paid off my mortgage with Bank of Ireland. I assume I don't need a Soham property lawyer on the Bank of Ireland panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.

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

My offer was accepted on a house in Soham on 12/1/2026, valuation was booked 3 days later, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer retained, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Leeds Building Society and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?

Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Leeds Building Society to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my property are lost. The conveyancers who dealt with the conveyancing in Soham 10 years ago no longer exist. Will I be able to sell the house?

Assuming the title is registered the details of your ownership will be evidenced by the Land Registry under a Title Number. It is easy to perform a search at the Land Registry, identify your house and obtain up to date copies of the Registered Entries for a small fee. Where the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will also normally retain a certified duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be retrieved for a small fee.

How does conveyancing in Soham differ for newly converted properties?

Most buyers of new build premises in Soham contact us having been asked by the seller to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the residence is finished. This is because new home sellers in Soham tend to acquire the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct property lawyers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Soham or who has acted in the same development.

In what way does the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my business offices in Soham and how can your lawyers assist?

The 1954 Act provides protection to commercial tenants, granting the a statutory right to apply to court for a continuation of occupancy when the lease comes to an end. There are certain specified grounds that a landlord can refrain from granting a lease renewal and the rules are involved. Fees are different for commercial conveyancing. Soham is one of the numerous areas of the UK in which the firms we work with have offices

We expect to complete the disposal of our £200,000 apartment in Soham on Thursday in a week. The freeholder has quoted £300 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and previous years statements of service charge. Is it legal for a freeholder to charge exorbitant fees for a leasehold conveyance in Soham?

For the majority of leasehold sales in Soham conveyancing will involve, questions about the management of a building inevitably needing to be answered directly by the freeholder or its agent, this includes :

    Completing pre-contract enquiries Where consent is required before sale in Soham Copies of the building insurance and schedule Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your lawyer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Soham leasehold property is £350. For Soham conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are obliged to supply answers.

Leasehold Conveyancing in Soham - A selection of Questions you should consider before Purchasing

    How is the lease structured? What prohibitions exist in the Soham Lease?

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Soham regulated by the SRA

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

  • Smart Law Solicitors Llp, 42 High Street, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5HE
  • Rachel Conn & Co, Suite 4, The Maltings, High Street, Burwell, Cambridgeshire, CB25 0HB
  • P B W Solicitors Ely Limited, 2, Three Cups Walk, Forehill, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4AN
  • Hey Solicitors Ltd, 53 Market Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4LR

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Soham regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Soham practicing in commercial conveyancing in Soham. This may include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Smart Law Solicitors Llp, 42 High Street, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5HE
  • Jg Poole & Co Llp, E Space, 26 St. Thomas Place, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4EX
  • P B W Solicitors Ely Limited, 2, Three Cups Walk, Forehill, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4AN
  • Hey Solicitors Ltd, 53 Market Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4LR

Domestic conveyancing in Soham normally consists of the following:

  • Taking instructions from parties involved
  • Examining the title unregistered or registered
  • Carrying out Soham searches with respect to the title
  • Assessing draft sale agreement and other papers forwarded by the vendor’s lawyer
  • Submitting enquiries with the owner’s lawyer
  • Agreeing the wording of the sale contract
  • Examining replies supplied by the vendor to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Agreeing the wording for the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the purchasing in respect of the loan offer: (where appropriate)
  • Drafting 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 of the purchase
  • Completion of and submitting to HMRC the correct SDLT forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the buyer and the home loan (if applicable) at the HMLR.

Neighboring Locations

Ely
 Littleport
Soham
Red Lodge
Waterbeach
 Burwell
 Newmarket

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

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