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Why Has My Conveyancing Fee Increased Despite a Fixed Fee Quote? 

Solicitors and other providers of conveyancing services often (though not always) give potential clients a fixed fee quote for work they’re offering to undertake with regards to a specific property ownership transaction. Although that fixed fee is generally intended to reflect the entirety of the charges that a conveyancer will

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What Should I Do If My Chain is At Risk of Breaking? 

Property chains form as a result of having a sequence of property buyers and sellers whose deals become interconnected through circumstances. It is an unfortunate (and often infuriating) reality that the financial interconnectedness of arrangements within a property chain can mean that issues affecting a single deal might significantly impact

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My Conveyancer is Slow and Not Responding. What Should I Do? 

There are myriad reasons why a conveyancing firm might be slow to respond to your queries as a homebuyer in the UK. Often those reasons will be completely understandable and delays to your process might be wholly unavoidable. However, all that could well be of little comfort if you are

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How Can I Speed Up the Conveyancing Process? 

Conveyancing is an integral part of the property buying process in the UK for sound legal and practical reasons. After all, a change to any property’s ownership is a significant transaction, usually involving large sums of money, banks and other institutional lenders, as well as people who have never met

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Should You Add Your Partner to Your Mortgage?

Deciding whether or not to involve your partner in your mortgage is a decision that can impact both your situation and your relationship. While many couples see this as a step forward it’s important to weigh the benefits and drawbacks…

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