A Step-by-step Guide To Selling Your Property

One of the largest financial deals in a person's life is normally the purchase or sale of a residential property

. In light of this, it is crucial that an experienced conveyancer is appointed to ensure that the transaction runs smoothly. This article shows the basic steps which are involved in the sale of a residential property.

Step 1

If you have had an offer accepted on your home then you must seek legal assistance in order to sell your property. Upon instructing a solicitor they will attempt to deduce title for the property, this is done by seeking the deeds. These deeds will either be held by yourself, or more likely they will have to be requested from your mortgage lender.

Step 2

Your solicitor will put together a Home Information Pack (if one has not previously been produced). More importantly they will put together a purchase schedule for the buyer indicating what fixtures and fittings the purchase price will include.

Step 3

Your solicitor will prepare a draft contract for the sale. This will reflect any agreements you wish to be made prior to the purchase of the property. This will be sent to the buyer's solicitor for them to seek approval from their client.

Step 4

The buyer will send your solicitor a list of pre-contract enquiries that will need to be answered. These queries will either be standard (i.e. made with every purchase) or they may be more specific to the property (i.e. in light of search or survey results). The overriding legal principal in land sales is caveat emptor (buyer beware), nevertheless answers to queries should be as honest and helpful as possible. Your solicitor will return any answers back to the buyer's solicitor.

Step 5

Once the draft contract has been agreed by the other side and returned with any amendments, your solicitor will meet with you to ensure that you are happy with it's content. If you are happy with everything you can sign the contract and you will then be ready to exchange. At this point your solicitor will want to check and agree the mortgage redemption amount and decide on an anticipated completion date. Please note, you must be ready to vacate the property and hand over the keys by completion.

Step 6

The contract of sale will be exchanged with the other side, this process is done between the two solicitors. Upon exchange the buyer will pay his/her deposit money across to your solicitor.

Step 7

The buyer's solicitor will prepare a draft purchase deed or transfer form as it is also known, this will then be sent to your solicitor. Your solicitor will check the details and will either send back an amended version or obtain your signature for an agreed version. As it is a deed then it will have to be executed accordingly (i.e. signed in the presence of an independent witness). The buyer's will also want to know information such as where to collect keys, so you should provide your solicitor with this information to pass on.

Step 8

Your solicitor will forward you a completion statement indicating how much money you owe before the sale can be completed. The financial statement will detail the following; legal costs accrued by the solicitor, any disbursements paid, a deduction for any deposit money received and an addition for money needed to redeem the current mortgage. You will then have a set period of time to pay the outstanding costs in order for completion to take place.

Step 9

Completion takes place between the solicitors and the keys are handed over. The buyer's solicitor undertakes to send across the funds needed to complete the purchase and your solicitor undertakes to discharge any outstanding mortgage owed on the property with the completion money.

Step 10

Your solicitor will redeem any outstanding mortgage monies and the DS1 (discharge form) will be sent across to the buyer's solicitor. Any outstanding money from the sale will be sent to you and the sale is completed.

by: Tim Bishop

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