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At Fosters Solicitors, we have a dedicated team of professional and approachable property specialists who offer friendly and expert advice. We have extensive experience in helping our clients sell their property, and want to match your commitment to the process by providing quality and efficient service.
In most cases we are able to offer a competitive fixed fee for selling your property, so you can instruct us even before you have found a buyer. We will start the legal information and document gathering for you straight away so that the contracts are ready from the moment you accept an offer.
You must register land or property if you have purchased, mortgaged, inherited, been gifted, or exchanged it. This is part of the conveyancing process.
If your property is unregistered because it was owned before compulsory registration in your area and there has been no disposition since, we can assist you in voluntary registration.
About 15% of land in England and Wales is unregistered. HM Land Registry aims to have all properties registered by 2030.
Registering your property publishes your ownership, legal title matters, price paid, and property boundaries. The record will include future ownership changes, overages, mortgages, easements, or leases.
Registration secures ownership of your property or land, protecting you against fraud, adverse possession (someone claiming rights over your property) and making it easier for you to sell or give away your title in the future.
Once your email is registered with HM Land Registry they can send you an email alert each time there is significant activity on the property you are monitoring, such as if a new mortgage has been taken out against the property.
Peace of mind for you and your loved ones – Registration prevents losing/misplacing your deeds to the property which can then result in you holding no evidence of who owns the property. This is also important if you have to sell a property on behalf of a relative who no longer has capacity or after a bereavement.
Digital access – All information is held electronically at HM Land Registry and is instantly downloadable once the registration has been completed.
Speed up the process of selling your property – Registration makes the sale smoother and prevents the need for additional enquiries and delay.
Insure against future costs – If any deeds are missing from the title documents this can be highlighted immediately and an indemnity policy can be put in place, so when you come to sell the property the issue has been addressed.
We can help you secure ownership of your property or land – our experts can assist with first registrations and can also help those prove ownership where deeds have been lost and where voluntary registration is required.
We can also advise in relation to registered titles where land appears to be missing or otherwise incorrectly registered, which will allow you to perfect your title.
Whether you require assistance with your home, business premises, or a plot of land – our property experts can help you though the first registration process.
We can help support you in selling your leasehold property. As part of this process it will be necessary for us to ascertain details of any outstanding financial liabilities so that these can be settled on or before completion of your sale. This information will be obtained from you, the landlord or their managing agents, who will make a charge for information/copy documents and accounts provided. However, we shall ask you to provide as much information as possible to pass on to the buyer and help the conveyancing process run as smoothly as possible.
At Fosters Solicitors, we have a dedicated team of professional and approachable property specialists who offer friendly and expert advice. We have extensive experience in helping our clients sell their leasehold property, and want to match your commitment to the process by providing quality and efficient service.
In most cases we are able to offer a competitive fixed fee for selling your property, so you can instruct us even before you have found a buyer. We will start the legal information and document gathering for you straight away so that the contracts are ready from the moment you accept an offer.
We will help you understand the terms of your lease, so you know what obligations you may have to your landlord – often agreements state you have to offer the property back to the landlord in the first instance, and gain their permission to sell if they don’t wish to purchase.
There are also sometimes provisions allowing you to ‘downward staircase’, which is when you sell shares in your property back to the landlord. This might allow you to stay in your current home even after a change in financial circumstances.
What does shared ownership mean for me?
When owning a shared ownership property there are understandable questions about what happens when you want to sell – we answer some frequently asked questions.
A transfer of equity is a transaction where legal ownership of a property changes hands.
Our property experts can help you when a change of circumstances requires a person(s) to be added or removed from a title.
When you place your property on the market or accept an offer, you will need to instruct your solicitor to prepare the contract documentation to send to the buyer’s legal advisor. Until the contract documents are sent, the legal investigation on behalf of the buyer cannot begin.
We see the importance in ensuring that everything is in place to begin that process without delay and we will liaise with you from the very start to gather all the legal documents and practical information we need concerning your property.
We will send to you the forms and questionnaires necessary to sell your property. Some of the questions are standard and are dealt with by the use of forms, but other enquiries may arise during the course of the sale which are specific to you, your circumstances and your property and we will require your assistance. We will let you know as and when such matters arise.
If you require any assistance with the forms or questions we are asking of you at any stage of the transaction, our property team will always be available to go through these with you.
We were delighted to have been a finalist at the 2024 British Conveyancing Awards.
The Law Society awards accreditations to legal practices and solicitors who meet the highest standards of technical expertise and client service in specific areas of law. We are members of their Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS), which is the recognised quality mark for legal experts in buying or selling property, and is trusted by some of the UK’s biggest lenders.
Our leasehold property specialists are members of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners.
Membership of ALEP acts as a badge of assurance so that leaseholders and freeholders can be confident that they are employing professionals with the right level of expertise in handling potentially complex transactions.
Our Residential Property team comprises seasoned experts dedicated to providing top-tier legal services tailored to your homeownership needs. With extensive experience in handling a wide range of residential property transactions, our team is equipped to support clients in every aspect of property law.
