Transfer of Equity
A Transfer of Equity is when someone is added or removed from the title deeds, such as a sole owner adding their husband or wife, a parent adding their son or...
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Share of Freehold Conveyancing
Conveyancing for a Share of Freehold property is very similar to a conveyance on a leasehold property and you can expect to incur comparable fees and...
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UK Conveyancing From Overseas
Buying or selling a property in England or Wales when living abroad can be difficult. Many lawyers are still traditional relying heavily on letters, phones and...
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Tips For A Fast Conveyance As A Buyer
Understandably many buyers need a fast completion and are unable to wait the 8-12 weeks an average purchase takes to complete. At In-Deed Conveyancing we are...
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Tips For A Fast Conveyance As A Seller
Fast conveyancing is often important when selling a property. With the average property staying on the market for 90 days many sellers need a speedy completion...
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Conveyancing - A Seller's Guide
The average property stays on the market for between 90 and 100 days, so once you have found a buyer it is important to keep the conveyancing process moving...
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Submitting the Stamp Duty Land Tax Return Form
When you buy property or land you will need to notify HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) by completing a Stamp Duty Land Tax Return (or Land Transaction Return)...
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Conveyancing - A First Time Buyer Guide
You’ve finally found your dream property and have had an offer accepted by the estate agent, but now you’re starting to think “what happens next?” Read In-Deed...
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Types of Ownership: Joint Tenants or Tenants in Common
The advantages of purchasing a property with others are well publicised – by pooling resources for the deposit and mortgage payments, it is possible for...
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Stamp Duty Mitigation
Stamp duty is the tax that homebuyers are legally required to pay when purchasing a property, the amount of which is dependent on the value of property. The...
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Chattels & Fixtures
When buying or selling your property, you may hear your estate agent or the other side refer to ‘chattels’ and ‘fixtures’ - it is important to know the...
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What is a Local Authority Search?
When buying a property your conveyancing lawyer will submit a Local Authority Search on your behalf. You will have to have one of these if you are getting a...
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Coal Mining Search | A Conveyancing Guide
During the conveyancing process your conveyancing solicitor may decide you need a Coal Search on the property you are buying. A coal search is required if you...
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Freehold Property Conveyancing Guide
Freehold definition
Flying freehold definition
Conveyancing on a freehold property
Freehold definition
A freehold property is one where the owner has...
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Moving House Before Christmas 2012
Many of our new clients are beginning to ask us if we can help them move before Christmas 2012. The conveyancing process, on average, takes between 6 to 12...
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Land Registry Reduce Fees
Did you know that from the 22nd October the Land Registry have reduced their fees by £10? This reduction will apply for all purchases registered with the Land...
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New Land Registry Fees
When you buy a property your conveyancing solicitor has to register you as the owner with the Land Registry. The Land Registry charges a fee for doing this and...
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HSBC Conveyancing Update | In-Deed Conveyancing
From the 29th August 2012 HSBC admitted all CQS accredited law firms onto their conveyancing panel. This means if you choose a CQS accredited law firm you will...
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First Time Buyer Stamp Duty (SDLT) Relief
A first time buyer is defined as someone who has never bought or owned land or property in the UK or indeed the world. Currently, first time buyers are not...
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HSBC Update | Conveyancing Guide
On 29th August HSBC are changing their lending rules so that all CQS accredited solicitors can act for both you, the buyer, and HSBC.
What usually...
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London Property Prices | Averages for London Boroughs
Please visit our London Conveyancing Solicitors page for London's current average property prices.
London, like the rest of the country, has experienced a...
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HSBC Mortgages to accept CQS conveyancing solicitors in August
As of August 2012 HSBC is changing its policy on which solicitors can provide conveyancing for their mortgages.
Usually your preferred lawyer is able to act...
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Conveyancing fees for registering your purchase property with the Land Registry
The HM Land Registry is the government authority responsible for recording the ownership rights of freehold and leasehold property (if the lease exceeds seven...
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Need Free Conveyancing Help?
At In-Deed we understand how difficult it can be to get help and advice about the legal side of your move, without committing to using a particular lawyer or...
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First Time Buyers and the Current Housing Market
Recent research from Moneysupermarket.com has claimed that millions of people in the UK do not plan to ever buy a property. Indeed, with the average age of...
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Disbursements | A conveyancing guide
Disbursement Definition
Genuine Disbursements
Other less common disbursements or third party costs
Disbursement Definition
The definition of a...
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Psychological study reveals it's possible to 'fall in love' with a house
Prospective homebuyers really do ‘fall in love’ with properties they’ve set their hearts on, according to a new psychological study.
The research, commissioned...
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Do you know about the EPC changes on 6th April 2012?
The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 go live on 6 April 2012. Indeed, several...
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Changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) | Properties over £2m taxed 7%
In the 2012 budget it has been announced that from midnight on the 21st March Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) will increase from 5% to 7% on property above £2m....
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Government Cuts Down on Stamp Duty Avoidance
In the past some people have avoided paying Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) by loopholes in the legislation, but in the 2012 Budget speech Chancellor George...
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The Legal Ombudsman's Report On Deceptive Legal Quotes
Recently, the Legal Ombudsman released a report which criticises how some legal firms present and explain their fees. This in turn led to clients incurring...
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Don't know your "flying freehold" from your covenants?
Confused about conveyancing?
Conveyancing is the legal process of transferring the ownership of a property from one person to another and like many legal...
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HSBC Mortgage Changes! - Is Your Conveyancing Affected?
HSBC have recently changed their lending rules which can make buying a property with an HSBC mortgage more complicated and expensive than with other lenders....
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Separate Representation - what could this mean for you?
Separate Representation is where your mortgage lender requests to use a different conveyancing lawyer to the one you have appointed and usually asks you to...
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Sealed Bid Auctions | Common Questions
Property going to sealed bids was a fairly common phenomenon during the housing market’s peak a few years ago. However, at In-Deed we have found more and more...
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First Time Buyer Relief Ends Soon! | Stamp Duty Land Tax Guide
Currently, first time buyers are exempt from paying stamp duty land tax (SDLT) on property up to £250,000. However, this will shortly end on 24th March 2012...
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Cost of Moving House Rises 69pc in 10 Years!
Moving home? You will not welcome news that the cost of moving has risen 69pc. Indeed, moving house will now cost you £8,922 on average compared to £2765.82...
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London continues to beat UK housing trends
Unlike the rest of the UK, London continues to experience increasing house prices and increased demand. Indeed, property prices in the Capital have bucked the...
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Phil Spencer launches In-Deed's Angry Buyers - literally!
Last week In-Deed’s spokesman Phil Spencer helped us launch our new Angry Buyer game by firing one unlucky estate agent out of a cannon!
The picture (right)...
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In-Deed launches the Angry Buyers game!
Today, In-Deed launched the game Angry Buyers, giving you the opportunity to win your mortgage or rent for six months and to help you vent your frustrations...
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Half A Million Home Sales Fall Through
An estimated 531,000 home sales fell through in the final months of 2011, up a third on the start of the year.
New findings from online conveyancing service In...
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In-Deed's Angry Buyer Awards - Who are the property markets angry buyers?
Over the next month In-Deed will be thinking about the property market's angry buyers and what is making them so angry. Indeed, angry buyers are everywhere due...
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2012 - What will the property market hold?
The property market in England and Wales over the last year has been largely a flat one, albeit with London in particular remaining buoyant largely thanks to...
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Conveyancing, Conveyancing, Conveyancing - What is conveyancing?
Conveyancing is simply the legal side of buying or selling your home. Indeed, conveyancing is legal term you are very unlikely to hear unless you are actively...
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Worried about mortgage lending changes? - In-Deed's property lawyers explain all!
The last couple of days there have been a substantial amount of news on mortgage lending changes. Indeed, mortgage changes have the potential to affect most of...
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In-Deed's solicitors de-mystify the conveyancing process
Often In-Deed hear about how clients previous conveyancing experiences involved a confusing and complicated conveyancing process they didn’t really understand...
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Christmas Conveyancing | Positives of instructing before January
The holiday period is a notorious time for the housing market to grind to a halt. Indeed, property lawyers often use this period as a chance to tie up loose...
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How to grab yourself a Christmas Property Bargain
Christmas is notoriously the slowest time for the property market; indeed property seems to be the last thing on everybody’s minds. But this does mean you can...
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Fast online conveyancing - How long will the conveyancing process take?
Answering exactly how long conveyancing will take is virtually impossible. Indeed, each property will have its own unique set of issues and of course different...
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Why you should beware cheap, online conveyancing fees
In-Deed often hears about the problems people have had with companies touting cheap online conveyancing; indeed cheap conveyancing is an issue on the rise...
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