Conveyancing is the transfer of legal title of property from one person to another and is actually very complex. There is a lot of legal work to be carried out before an exchange of contracts and completion can take place. At Beyond Conveyancing, we pride ourselves on being both thorough and precise with our legal checks, ensuring our clients have all the necessary information concerning the property, ultimately making sure the process runs as smoothly as possible and reducing the time scales.
One of the questions we are frequently asked is ‘why does buying and/or selling a house take so long?’, and there are many factors that contribute to how long the conveyancing process takes. Every sale and purchase is different, and until we have received the details, it can be difficult to provide a definitive timescale. However, as a general guide, the sale or purchase of a freehold property with no chain and no delays would normally take 12-16 weeks.
Factors that may delay the conveyancing process include; long chains; a delayed local authority search, dependent on how busy your local authority is; enquiries related to building work or title difficulties; the type of property, leasehold flats and shared ownership properties can take longer; and high caseloads, depending on the time of year.
