Conveyancing residential
Find a SolicitorResidential conveyancing is the process by which flats and houses are legally transferred between a seller and a buyer. Many issues affecting residential conveyancing also affect commercial property.
Residential conveyancing does not include matters relating to housing or planning and environmental issues.
The Money Laundering Task Force and Land Law Conveyancing Committee have issued new anti-Money Laundering guidance for solicitors undertaking property work.
Residential conveyancing is an area of the law where we actively seek to improve the law, procedure and practice.
These pages do not attempt to explain current law or to give legal advice on residential conveyancing. If you want to know more or need advice on an area of law or a particular issue, you can find a residential conveyancing lawyer using Find a Solicitor.
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| Policy documents, briefings, international projects and Law Society consultations proposing and commenting on draft rules, law reform, practice and procedure and initiatives affecting Conveyancing residential in England and Wales available here. |
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Land Registry ATP consultation: Law Society response CLG Consultation – Planning Act 2008: Law Society consultation Improving residential conveyancing: Law Society consultation Submission to OFT in response to market study into home buying and selling More |
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| News, press releases and speeches are available here. |
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Changes to Lloyds Banking Group retail conveyancing panel criteria New mortgage instructions
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| This section highlights any campaigns being run by the Law Society relating to Conveyancing residential. |
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Residential conveyancing panel memberships Early completion Mortgage fraud Home information packs
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| Books, pamphlets and leaflets published by the Law Society relating to Conveyancing residential are available here together with details of our research and useful practice advice information for solicitors about issues arising in Conveyancing residential. |
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Conveyancing Handbook - 14th edition Leasehold Enfranchisement and the Right to Manage - A Practical Guide Conveyancing Checklists Understanding Stamp Duty Land Tax - 8th Edition
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| Frequently Asked Questions |
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| The Law Society's has prepared the answers to a number of frequently asked questions relating to Conveyancing residential. |
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Conveyancing: death of buyer Anti-money laundering: conveyancing deposits Conveyancing: first time buyers and Stamp Duty Land Tax
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| Information about the Law Society's Conveyancing and Land Law Committee |
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 The Conveyancing and Land Law Committee comprises representatives of the legal profession specialising in all areas of conveyancing and land law. Planning and housing issues are however dealt with by the Planning and Environmental Law Committee (int: Areas of Law/Planning and Environmental Law/Committee information) and the Housing Committee. The Committee identifies areas affecting conveyancers and deals with these issues. It responds to consultations on the profession's behalf and periodically issues guidance to the profession. The Committee liaises with and makes representations to other bodies interested in the conveyancing process such as the Council of Mortgage Lenders, the Land Registry and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. For details of the Committee's terms of reference, membership any sub-committees/working parties that report to it, see our directory of committees. |
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| The Law Society works closely with government departments and other organisations in relation to Conveyancing residential. Here you will find links to websites, where you will be able to access additional information relevant to the Law Society's work in this area. |
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Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML)
Council of Mortgage Lenders Handbook
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