Conveyancing Solicitors in Southampton
The phrase Conveyancing is a general word that is used to define the legal process involved in buying or selling land. Each house purchase and sale is different, but generally a conveyancer will complete necessary tasks like:
- dealing with the Land Registry ownership
- manage Stamp Duty fees
- managing money for the property sale
- giving legal advice and recommendations
- drawing up and reviewing sale contracts
So the conveyancer managing on your transaction plays a big part in any house-buying process, and it’s vital that you choose the right one.
Buying or selling a house in Southampton is a stressful procedure that’s also can take up a lot of time. If you use a skilled and professional conveyancer the transaction can be quick, easy and hassle free.
Can I do Conveyancing myself?
It is an option for a person to carry out their own conveyancing, but it is difficult and time consuming. We DO NOT recommend anyone to do their own conveyancing. If your transaction requires a mortgage, the lender will require a property solicitor or licensed conveyancer is used for the conveyancing work. Now that there are a high number of conveyancing companies and property solicitors offering cheap legal services, making the conveyancing market very competitive. How can you get the best Conveyancer in Southampton?
Using this website you can compare legal quotes from highly rated Southampton property solicitors. Our carefully selected trusted property lawyers offer a high quality legal service to home buyers, sellers and property owners that require a remortgage. Compare Conveyancing Solicitors in Southampton with our comparison quote generator above now.
Leasehold Property Conveyancing Southampton
If you’re purchasing/selling a leasehold house or apartment it is important that you use a competent and proficient Licensed Conveyancer. Leasehold property transactions the legal work normally is slightly more complex than a freehold home. That’s why you’ll notice the price for conveyancing on Leasehold properties, from Conveyancing Solicitors, is a little more expensive. You’ll pay a little more money for there is a bit more tricky work required. A leasehold legal transactions often do slow down and take a little more time.
Southampton Remortgage Conveyancers
If you’re looking to remortgage your house for any reason (for a divorce or to save money) you’ll be required to go through a remortgaging legal process. The legal work can be a little stressful, even more so when dealing with an ex-partner. So it’s important you hire a competent remortgage property lawyers.
Our highly rated conveyancers have processed hundreds of remortgages in Southampton. Our trusted panel of remortgage conveyancing solicitors can act for nearly every UK Mortgage Lenders. They act fast and have one of the shortest UK timeframes. With our Southampton remortgage property lawyers you’ll save money and have a simple and fast transfer.
About Southampton
Southampton, (i/saʊθˈæmptən, -hæmptən/) on the south coast of England, is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire.[6] It is 75 miles (121 km) south-west of London and 19 miles (31 km) north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest. It lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water at the confluence of the Rivers Test and Itchen,[7] with the River Hamble joining to the south of the urban area. The city, which is a unitary authority, has an estimated population of 253,651.[1] The city’s name is sometimes abbreviated in writing to “So’ton” or “Soton”, and a resident of Southampton is called a Sotonian.[8]
Significant employers in the city include the University of Southampton, Southampton Solent University, Southampton Airport, Ordnance Survey, BBC South, the NHS, ABP and Carnival UK. Southampton is noted for its association with the RMS Titanic,[9] the Spitfire[10] and more generally in the World War II narrative as one of the departure points for D-Day, and more recently as the home port of a number of the largest cruise ships in the world.[11][12] Southampton has a large shopping centre and retail park, Westquay. In 2014, the city council approved a follow-up from the Westquay park, WestQuay Watermark (now known as Westquay South) and construction began in January 2015.
(from Wikipedia).
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?.
If you are buying a property in Southampton (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.
Hampshire abbreviated Hants (in the 17th century and even later known as Hantshire), archaically known as the County of Southampton) is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, the former capital city of England. Hampshire is the most populous ceremonial county in the United Kingdom (excluding the metropolitan counties) with almost half of the county's population living within the South Hampshire conurbation which includes the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth. The larger South Hampshire metropolitan area has a population of 1,547,000. Hampshire is notable for housing the birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force. It is bordered by Dorset to the west, Wiltshire to the north-west, Berkshire to the north, Surrey to the north-east, and West Sussex to the east. The southern boundary is the coastline of the English Channel and the Solent, facing the Isle of Wight.
Hampshire is the largest county in South East England and remains the third largest shire county in the United Kingdom despite losing more land than any other English county in all contemporary boundary changes. At its greatest size in 1890, Hampshire was the fifth largest county in England. It now has an overall area of 3,700 square kilometres (1,400 sq mi), and measures about 86 kilometres (53 mi) east–west and 76 kilometres (47 mi) north–south.
According to the current Zoopla estimates. The current average value in Hampshire is £352,367. Terraced properties sold for a current average value of £253,054 and semi-detached properties valued £316,383. In the past year property prices in Hampshire have increased 0.73%.