Residential Conveyancing Solicitors

Buying or selling your home?

Whether you’re buying your first flat, a new family home or the luxury property of your dreams. With Signature Law, moving house can be a surprisingly simple and straightforward experience.

At Signature Law, we bring substantial expertise to the table for all residential property matters, whether you’re engaged in personal sales, purchases, or building an investment portfolio. Our mission is to streamline the property buying process, ensuring efficiency and speed while upholding the highest standards.

Specialist Residential Conveyancers

Our Conveyancing Team will handle and take care of all the legal paperwork for you and ensure that your property sale or purchase, completes smoothly. Our Team will:

• Handle the contracts

• Give legal advice

• Carry out local council searches

• Deal with land registry

• Transfer the funds to pay for your property.

In our commitment to providing a swift, efficient, and cost-effective service, we’ve made significant investments in technology and training. This benefits both sellers and buyers, as well as landlords and tenants.

Our advanced systems ensure the prompt progression of your matter, with accurate and swift production of documents and correspondence. This allows us to focus on crucial title matters and other investigations while keeping you fully informed about the progress of your transaction.

Our Residential Conveyancing Services

Our Services Include:

• Sales and purchases of both freehold and leasehold property, including flats and shared ownership property.

• Assistance with purchases under the Help to Buy Scheme.

• Transfers of property from single to joint ownership and vice versa, including transfers subject to mortgage.

• Handling mortgages and re-mortgages, including buy-to-let mortgages.

• Equity release mortgages.

• Tenancy Agreements.

At Signature Law, we strive to maintain a friendly and approachable atmosphere, minimising formality and steering clear of technical jargon wherever possible.

Simultaneously, we guarantee the protection of our clients’ interests in what is often the largest and most intricate financial transaction they’ll ever make.

Some of the Lenders we work with

We are accredited to work with a wide range of mortgage lenders, including those shown below. Our full list includes over 30 lenders, ensuring we can assist with a variety of mortgage and financing needs.

FAQs

What residential property matters can Signature Law help with?

We handle freehold and leasehold sales and purchases, shared ownership property, transfers from single to joint ownership (and vice versa), remortgages, buy-to-let mortgages, equity release mortgages, and tenancy agreements.

Can you help me buy a property through the Help to Buy Scheme?

Yes, our team assists with purchases made under the Help to Buy Scheme, guiding you through the additional paperwork and requirements the scheme involves alongside the standard conveyancing process.

Do you work with my mortgage lender?

We’re accredited to work with over 30 mortgage lenders, including major high street banks and building societies. If your lender isn’t listed on this page, contact us to check whether we’re accredited to act for them.

What's involved if I want to transfer my property into joint ownership, or remove someone from the title?

This is known as a transfer of equity. It involves updating the legal ownership of a property, which may include arrangements with your mortgage lender if the property isn’t owned outright. Our team can talk you through the steps involved.

Is residential property conveyancing expensive?

The cost of conveyancing services ranges from £500 to £2,500, depending on the level of support you need, the value of your property, and whether you’re part of a chain or buying your first home. For a personalised quote, contact our team on 01708 398851.

How long does it take to exchange contracts on a house?

Unfortunately, there is no set time scale for exchanging contracts on a house – it can take a day or several weeks to complete. Our team will always move quickly to ensure the whole thing is as quick and as stress-free for you as possible.

For more information about Signature Law’s conveyancing services call 01708 398851.