Fees for a Sale, Purchase or Re-mortgage.

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Our Fees for the Sale, Purchase or Re-mortgage of a Residential Property. For many of us buying a home is the largest financial commitment of our lives. It therefore makes sense to have an expert by our side. There is no doubt that moving home can be a stressful experience. We are local, friendly and approachable. Our aim is to provide each and every client with a personal and accessible service, utilising the latest technology and with an office right on Exeter’s historic quay side we are convenient enough for clients to call in for a face-to-face chat.

More often than not we now use Email rather than post to make the process as efficient, quick and trouble free as possible, but we are happy with either. Of course, we are always here for a consultation in person.

Our Residential Property Conveyancing Team is equipped to ensure the purchase, sale or transfer of your home runs as smoothly as we can make it. We also provide expertise on lease extensions, mortgages, renting, protection of property rights, matrimonial property transfers, land registration and commercial transactions.

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Conveyancer's fees and disbursements:
Fees for the conveyance of residential property or real estate by private treaty (i.e. not by auction) which comprise:
(i) Freehold or Leasehold sales or purchases; or
(ii) mortgages or re-mortgages;

Fees:
We charge £1,350.00 + VAT on average for a freehold sale.
We charge £1,375.00 + VAT on average for a freehold purchase.
We charge £700.00 + VAT on average for a re-mortgage of between £100,001 - £250,000.
We charge £800.00 + VAT on average for a re-mortgage of between £250,001 - £400,000.
We charge £800.00 + VAT on average for a re-mortgage of between £400,001 - £550,000.
We charge £900.00 + VAT on average for a re-mortgage of £550,001+.

Please note that the fee shown are “typical” fees, exclusive of Disbursements, and are intended as a guide to assist with your budgeting. For the purposes of the above "typical" fees, we have used a property transaction value of £225,001 - £250,000. For a guide to our fees for transactions outside this range, please contact us for a Conveyancing Quote HERE.

Our fees cover all of the work (excluding third party costs) required to complete the sale or purchase of your home, including dealing with a single standard mortgage from a lender who also instructs us to act for them, dealing with registration at the HM Land Registry and dealing with the payment of Stamp Duty Land Tax (Stamp Duty) if the property is in England, or Land Transaction Tax (Land Tax) if the property you wish to buy is in Wales.

Disbursements:
Disbursements are expenses related to your matter that are payable to third parties, such as Land Registry fees. We handle the payment of the disbursements on your behalf to ensure a smoother process.

Typical Sale Disbursements:
1. To obtain Office Copy Entries the Land Registry charge £3.00 per document. We request these via our search provider ‘Infotrack’ who charge an uplift of £1.20 per document. For the sale of a freehold property, you are looking at a minimum of £8.40 for Office Copy Entries and for a leasehold property you are looking at a minimum of £21.00. We are unable to tell at the outset of the matter how many of these Title Documents will be required. These are typically charged only on a sale, however, sometimes we may need to obtain certain documents ourselves on a purchase in order to progress the matter.

2. Telegraphic Transfer fee to redeem mortgage: £20.00 + VAT.

3. Thirdfort ID checks: £18.94 + VAT. This price may vary depending upon documents uploaded.

Typical Purchase Disbursements:
1. Local Search, Drainage Search and Environment Search: approximately £330.00 in Exeter at the moment (July 2024). These charges are variable depending upon which Local Authority the property falls under.

2. Telegraphic Transfer fee to send Purchase Money: £20.00 + VAT.

3. Pre-Completion searches to protect your interest in the property: £4.20 per title (includes £1.20 uplift mentioned above).

4. Bankruptcy searches: £3.20 per name (includes £1.20 uplift mentioned above).

5. Fee for submitting our application to the Land Registry electronically: £6.00.

6. Fee for submitting the Stamp Duty Land Tax Return electronically: £6.00.

7. Land Registry Registration Fee: depends upon the purchase price of the Property and whether it is registered or unregistered and whether it is a transfer of whole or transfer of part.

8. If you are getting a mortgage and your lender uses LMS to distribute the offer, LMS make a charge of £42 per transaction.

9. Thirdfort ID checks: £18.94 + VAT. This price may vary depending upon documents uploaded.

You may also wish to visit the HM Land Registry website for Land Registration Fee.

All figures quoted are estimates only, correct at time of publication, and intended to provide a guide only. There are many factors which could typically increase the cost of our services such as if the property is leasehold or commonhold, if you are obtaining a non standard mortgage or a help to buy mortgage, if the property is new build, has solar panels that are leased, or if the Legal Title is defective.

Other circumstances such as private drainage, Estate Rent Charges or onerous lease terms can increase our fees and are often charged for by the amount of time we spend on a particular case.

Additional fees in standard residential transactions:
Here at Rundlewalker, we pride ourselves on having no “hidden fees” and our ‘Client Care Letter’ will detail our expected fees for all the standard work included in a standard residential transaction, including where appropriate, a standard mortgage.

We try to reflect in our estimate any factors that will affect our fees, but sometimes we may not know all of the relevant factors when the estimate is given. Additionally, sometimes the full extent of the work involved may not be apparent when we provide you with an estimate.

From time to time therefore, we may need to increase our original estimate or undertake additional work which was not considered a part of our original estimate, either at your request or because the nature of the transaction dictates it. Full details are available to DOWNLOAD HERE.

The Team involved in providing your conveyancing services can be found here: Our Residential Conveyancing Team.

If you would like to instruct us to act for you, please contact us HERE.

How long will my transaction take?
Although we will deal with your matter as efficiently as possible, we are unable to guarantee the time it will take to complete your transaction. We are reliant on others to provide the necessary documents and information to allow us to do our work and complete the transaction. We are therefore dependent upon factors outside of our control.

If you are in a conveyancing chain of transactions, the time to complete a transaction will often be determined by the pace of the slowest party.

Please do however let us know if you have a preferred Completion Date and we will do our utmost to achieve this but no guarantees can be given. A typical timescale for the Completion of a single sale/purchase is 8 to 12 weeks from receipt of the contract papers, but do bear in mind that until Contracts are Exchanged and a Completion Date agreed by all parties (including those in any “chain”), nothing is certain. A gap of 2 weeks or more between Exchange of Contracts and the Completion Date is advised.

Stages of the process:
The precise stages involved in the purchase of a residential property vary according to the circumstances, but will typically include:

• Taking your instructions and giving you initial advice
• Checking with you that your finances are in place to fund the purchase
• Receiving and advise on contract documents and searches
• Instructing our agents to obtain relevant searches
• Obtaining readily available planning documentation if required
• Making enquiries of seller's conveyancers
• Reporting to you on all documents and information received
• Reporting to you on your mortgage offer
• Sending final contract papers for you to sign
• Agreeing completion dates (date from which you own the property)
• Receiving deposit monies from you
• Exchanging contracts and notify you that this has happened
• Arranging for all monies needed to be received from lender and you
• Completing the purchase
• Dealing with payment of Stamp Duty Land Tax or Welsh Land Tax
• Dealing with the application for registration at HM Land Registry

For initial advice or for a conveyancing quote, please contact our Conveyancing Team on 01392 209209 or use the Contact Form opposite.

Please call us for advice regarding Land Disputes, Boundary Disputes and Repossession Proceedings.

If you are selling or transferring your home as part of a relationship breakdown or if you are purchasing a home at the start of a new relationship and require advice, please contact our Family, Divorce, Separation & Finance Team.

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