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If you have reached us by Googling ‘Conveyancing in Whitby’ follow your intuition — you will have a better house move where you instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Whitby.

Logical reasons to let us assist you select a high street conveyancing solicitor in Whitby

  • 1 Retaining the services of a local Solicitor generally results in a more personalised service. Online forums often suggest that in choosing a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who progress matters by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 2 Our site is the first site that enables you the facility to check that your property ownership legalities in Whitby will be conducted by a solicitor on your lender’s approved panel.
  • 3 Whitby solicitors work in conjunction with Whitby estate agents, developers, surveyors, lenders and other professionals to ensure that a quality service is offered to buyers and sellers every step of the way, to ensure you’re kept up to date with progress throughout
  • 4 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might be tempting. However, these companies are often based hundreds of kilometers away with little understanding of the factors that impact property transactions in Whitby
  • 5 Whitby conveyancer are the linchpin to a successful Whitby conveyancing experience, keeping the process under control. They are on your side throughout, offering dedicated advice for the duration of your conveyancing

Examples of recent conveyancing in Whitby since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Whitby

Finally the sale completed on my house in Whitby last February yet the purchaser is SMS messaging every few hours complaining that his solicitor is waiting to hear from mine. What should have happened now that I have sold?

After completion of your disposal your conveyancer should forward the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer should also confirm that the mortgage has been redeemed to the purchasers solicitors. There are no post completion tasks unique to conveyancing in Whitby.

My uncle passed away 10 months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the house in Whitby. The house had a small mortgage left on it of around £8000. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Kent Reliance, pay off the mortgage. Is this possible?

If you intend to refinance then Kent Reliance will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Kent Reliance conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Kent Reliance mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.

I used Stirling Law a few years ago for my conveyancing in Whitby. Now, I need my files but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Whitby of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Is it possible to transfer to a new conveyancer as I need to choose a firm on the Nottingham Building Society conveyancing list. I was using a local conveyancing solicitor in Whitby round the corner but the firm is not accepted by Nottingham Building Society

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Whitby on the Nottingham Building Society panel. Please note that the law firms that we list do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Whitby. In utilising search facility on this website, you can contrast fees for conveyancing solicitors in Whitby and beyond.

Am I better off to choose a Whitby conveyancing lawyer based in the vicinity that I am purchasing? We have a good friend who can deal with the legal work however her office is over three hundred kilometers away.

The benefit of a high street Whitby conveyancing practice is that you can visit the firm to sign paperwork, hand in your ID and apply pressure on them if necessary. Having local Whitby know how 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 used your friend and in the main were happy that must trump using an unfamiliar Whitby conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being based in the area.

I am looking for Whitby online conveyancing estimates. Can I be sure that all the Whitby firms that are listed on your site are on the lender conveyancing panel?

The solicitor and licensed conveyancing practices listed on our site have advised us that they are on the bank panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the lender panel. To date we have not been informed by either a mortgage company or a member of the public that the data about a specific Whitby firm being on the mortgage company conveyancing panel is not accurate.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Whitby regulated by the SRA

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

  • Colin Brown & Kidson, Wellington House, 5 Wellington Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 1BH

Purchase in Whitby is a complex business, both legally and administratively. The exact order of events varies slightly, below are some of the tasks in the process.

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Examining the title to the premises
  • Conducting Whitby conveyancing searches for the title
  • Reviewing draft contract pack and other documentation collated by the owner’s conveyancer
  • Submitting enquiries with the vendor’s conveyancer
  • Negotiating the sale agreement
  • Examining replies provided by the seller to pre-contract enquiries
  • Negotiating the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Advising the buyer in respect of the loan offer: (where applicable)
  • Drawing up and sending the buyer a report on title (that is; summarising to the buyer on the contents of the contract pack, preliminary enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then preparing for completion
  • Completion of and submitting to HMRC the correct Land Tax forms and payment
  • Dealing with the registration formalities for the new ownership and the home loan (if relevant) at the HM Land Registry.

Domestic conveyancing in Whitby ordinarily involves the following:

  • Obtaining instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Investigating the title to the property
  • Drafting contract and associated documents
  • Supplying draft papers to the conveyancer retained by the purchaser
  • Negotiating contracts and replying to supplemental questions from the buyer’s conveyancer
  • Agreeing the transfer document
  • Responding to requisitions raised by the purchaser’s conveyancer
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion of the sale
  • Receiving sale proceeds and transferring funds to the owner, the estate agent and other relevant parties (where relevant)

Neighboring Locations

Whitby
Robin Hoods Bay

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

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