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Thatcham Conveyancing Statistics*

  • 1 Average Stamp Duty Payable for this year to date was £18,450
  • 2 Average Land Registry Fee for this year to date was £540
  • 3 Average time from start to moving day was 67 days for conveyancing in Thatcham
  • 4 September was the busiest month and October was the next busiest month while November was the least busiest month of the year for conveyancing in Thatcham
  • 5 Percentage of cases in Thatcham that are buy to let is 8%

Examples of recent conveyancing in Thatcham since June 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Thatcham

Do the conveyancing lawyers highlighted through your ’find a lawyer’ tool perform right to buy conveyancing in Thatcham?

We have identified a number of conveyancing solicitors who can service right to buy transactions Do contact the solicitors listed in order to secure a conveyancing quote.

We are buying a property and need a conveyancing solicitor in Thatcham who is on the Principality solicitor panel. Can you recommend a local solicitor?

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

We just had an offer accepted to purchase with Loughborough BS. We have called around locally yet am struggling to find a Thatcham conveyancing firm on the Loughborough BS panel. Please you assist?

Feel free to make use of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this web page. Pick the building society and type Thatcham or your location and you will see numerous conveyancers offices in Thatcham or nearest you.

What does a local search reveal about the property we're purchasing in Thatcham?

Thatcham conveyancing often starts with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search organisations for instance Searches UK The local search plays an important role in most Thatcham conveyancing purchase; as long as you wish to avoid any unpleasant once you have moved into your property. The search should reveal information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen subject sections.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Thatcham?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Thatcham. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

I opted to have a survey done on a property in Thatcham before instructing solicitors. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the property. My surveyor advised that some banks tend not give a mortgage on a flying freehold property.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different instructions for example to Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further with the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Thatcham. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Thatcham especially if they are familiar with such properties in Thatcham.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Thatcham

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Thatcham with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on Service charge disputes

  • Lesley A Clay Solicitor, Wayside Cottage, The Slade, Bucklebury, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 6TE
  • Richard Wilson Solicitors Limited, Cymbal House, High Street, Goring-on-Thames, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 9AU

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Thatcham regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Thatcham specialising in commercial conveyancing in Thatcham. This will likely include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Richard Wilson Solicitors Limited, Cymbal House, High Street, Goring-on-Thames, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 9AU

Typically, Thatcham conveyancing for a sale has some of the following tasks

  • Lawyer instructed by the vendor once the offer has been accepted
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Preparing contract and associated papers
  • Supplying draft papers to the conveyancing practitioner acting for the purchaser
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and responding to further queries from the buyer’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Finalising the transfer document
  • Replying to requisitions prepared by the buyer’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion formalities
  • Receiving sale proceeds and transferring funds to the owner, the estate agent and redeeming the home loan (if appropriate)

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

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