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If you are selling, buying or remortgaging a property in Durham, you'll need to instruct a Conveyancing Solicitor or a Licenced Conveyancer to look after the legal aspect of the property transaction. We compare conveyancing quotes from Conveyancers in and around Durham. Compare quotes here:



Conveyancing Solicitors in Durham

When legally purchasing a property, conveyancing is the unavoidable legal practice all buyers and sellers have to complete. When you’re about to buy or sell a house or land in Durham, you’ll require a Licensed Conveyancer or a Property Solicitor to transfer the legal ownership from one person to another.

With our website you can compare legal fees from highly rated Durham conveyancing solicitors. Our chosen recommended conveyancing solicitors offer the very best conveyancing service to property buyers, sellers and those that require a remortgage. Compare Conveyancing Solicitors in Durham with the comparison quote generator above today.

Property Solicitors vs Licenced Conveyancers

If you’re looking for a property lawyer to manage the legal process on your behalf, you have just two options, use a Property Solicitors or a Licenced Conveyancers. Solicitors do many different types of law, from conveyancing to criminal law. While Licenced Conveyancers strictly practice property law and are unable to practice any other types of law. The legal work you’ll get from both is pretty much the same, conveyancing is normally a simple legal procedure. The main difference is the price, Licenced Conveyancers are known for being more affordable and more reliable.

Is DIY Conveyancing an option?

It is possible for a buyer or seller to do their own conveyancing transaction, but it’s complicated and labour intensive. We DO NOT recommend people to do DIY conveyancing. If your conveyancing process involves a mortgage, it’s likely that the lender will insist that a property solicitor or licensed conveyancer to process the conveyancing work. Now that there are a high number of conveyancing firms and property solicitors advertising low price conveyancing, now the domestic conveyancing market price competitive. Where can you compare the highest rated Conveyancer in Durham?

Durham Remortgage Conveyancers

Our highly rated licensed conveyancers have completed hundreds of remortgages in Durham. Our specialist team of remortgage conveyancing solicitors can act for 99% of UK Mortgage Lenders. Our conveyancers act quickly and have some of the shortest UK timelines for remortgage conveyancing.

Property Searches Durham

When you’re buying a home in Durham, your chosen conveyancer will probably recommend that you have property searches. Conveyancing property searches are enquiries made to the local authority (Durham council) that will find important information about a property or land you’re looking to buy. Property searches check multiple aspects that may negatively impact the houses value. Search results will check the quality of the ground, check for flooding risk, drain access, access rights and whether planning permission may be approved for future land development. The searches should be completed and approved before you exchange contracts. Whenever you’re remortgaging, mortgage lender will not need property searches to be carried out. To find more info on Conveyancing Property Searches visit our property searches page.

About Durham

Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/, locally /ˈdɜːrəm/) is a historic city and the county town of County Durham in North East England. The city lies on the River Wear, to the west of Sunderland, south of Newcastle upon Tyne and to the north of Darlington. Founded over the final resting place of St Cuthbert, its Norman cathedral became a centre of pilgrimage in medieval England. The cathedral and adjacent 11th-century castle were designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. The castle has been the home of Durham University since 1832. HM Prison Durham is also located close to the city centre.

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How long does conveyancing take in Durham?

The national average timescale for conveyancing is between 9-10 weeks. Conveyancing for simple purchase transactions can take just 4-6 weeks but a more complicated transaction can take much much longer to complete. Some transactions have been known to take over a year to complete, why? More info visit our How long does conveyancing take?.

What is Stamp Duty? How much does it cost?

If you are buying a property in Durham (or anywhere in England and Wales), for more than £125,000, you will be subject to Stamp Duty Land Tax (or SDLT for short). This tax is calculated in brackets, like the UK income tax system. When you get a quote with us, we calculate the Stamp Duty (SDLT) you’ll have to pay for you. For more info visit our Stamp Duty Rates and Examples page.

County Info: About County Durham

County Durham is a county in North East England. The county town is Durham, a cathedral city. The largest settlement is Darlington, closely followed by Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees. It borders Tyne and Wear to the north east, Northumberland to the north, Cumbria to the west and North Yorkshire to the south. Historically, the county included southern Tyne and Wear, including Gateshead and Sunderland.

The county has a mixture of mining and farming heritage, as well as a heavy railway industry, particularly in the southeast of the county in Darlington, Shildon and Stockton. There was a lot of mining in County Durham, therefore Property Searches are advised for areas near mines.

It is an area of regeneration and promoted as a tourist destination; in the centre of the city of Durham, Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral are a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site.

House Prices in County Durham

The current average value in County Durham is over £140,000. Terraced properties current average value is over £95,000 and semi-detached properties valued at over £130,000. Property prices in County Durham have increased 0.71% over the past year and are set to continue rising from 2017-2019.

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