What your solicitor does – Your House Sale
- Apply for your deeds from your mortgage lender
- Prepare the contract and arrange for it to be signed by you
- Forward the contract to the buyer's solicitors
- Answer any queries that the buyer's solicitor has
- Exchange contracts
- Arrange for the buyer's solicitor to provide a signed contract and deposit
- Request a redemption statement from the mortgage lender
- Arrange for the seller to sign the transfer document
- Adhere to the completion date and deadlines as agreed between the seller and buyer
- Collect any balance of money on completion
- Arrange to pay off any mortgage on the property
- Pay the estate agent
- Pass the deeds to the buyer's solicitor
- Send you the remaining balance and a statement of account
