Purchase

• Contact the estate agent to obtain seller’s, and their solicitors, details
• Request contract and paperwork from the seller’s solicitor
• Submit a local authority search, advising you on any items listed which may affect the property
• Explain the Terms & Conditions of your mortgage offer
• Chase the mortgage offer from your lender if necessary
• Arrange for you to sign the contract of sale
• Arrange for exchange of contracts and forward your signed contract to the seller’s solicitor. (When contracts are exchanged, both the buyer and the seller are legally bound to the transaction).
• Prepare the transfer and mortgage deed and arrange for you to sign it
• Carry out final searches
• Prepare final accounts for completion
• Request any monies required to fulfil the transaction
• Keep to the completion date and/or deadline
• Arrange for the balance of monies to be exchanged
• Arrange for you to have access to the property
• Pay any stamp duty
• Register the property in your name at H.M. Land Registry