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Selling property in Manchester
Your expert conveyancing solicitor's role when selling a property in Manchester, will include:
- Draft contracts – Your conveyancing solicitor drafts the initial legal contract to be sent to the buyer's solicitor.
- Responding to enquiries – your solicitor responds to any questions the buyer's solicitor may have (this is where you'll find out if you are missing documents, which can cause delays to your sale).
- Investigating issues – your solicitor may need to complete further investigation to try and satisfy them.
- Exchange contracts – once the buyer's solicitor has satisfied their enquiries, contracts are finalised and exchanged
- On the day of completion – your solicitor receives the money for the sale, discharges the mortgage (if required), pays the estate agent, deducts their fee and then sends the net sale proceeds to you.
- Post completion – your solicitor receives the DS1 discharge documents and, when leasehold, settles your liabilities for ground rent and service charges.
Our Manchester conveyancing solicitors' cost for selling a property starts from £723 INC VAT.
Why buy a home in Manchester?
Manchester is a large city in North West England. It has numerous attractions, cultural diversions, shopping options and choices of housing stock. It's the place where the atom was first split and the home of Manchester United Football Club, the Hacienda Club (as was) and hosts Manchester Grammar School, UMIST, the University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Salford.
Manchester also comprises well-known urban areas such as Oldham and Salford. Many students live in Manchester, particularly in areas like Didsbury, where a number of them attempt to complete an infamous pub crawl known as the Didsbury Dozen! Among the many attractions you can visit in the city are the Museum of Science and Industry and the People's History Museum, which focuses on UK democracy and its development.
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9WL
North Manchester General Hospital, Delaunays Rd, Manchester, M8 5RB
Spire Manchester Hospital, Russell Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8AJ
The M62 links Manchester to Liverpool going west and West Yorkshire going east. The M6 links it to Preston and London via Birmingham. The Metrolink connects it to Bury, Altrincham and Eccles. Manchester Piccadilly Station offers connections to many destinations and direct services to large urban areas such as London. Manchester also has its own international airport.
Distance to Airports from Manchester
| Airport | Miles by car |
| Manchester | 9.1 miles |
| Liverpool | 32.8 miles |
| Leeds Bradford | 46.8 miles |
Saint Peter's RC High School, Kirkmanshulme Ln, Manchester, M12 4WB
The Manchester Grammar School, Old Hall Ln, Manchester, M13 0XT
Trinity C of E High School, Higher Cambridge St, Manchester, M15 6HP
Fixed quote for our legal costs plus a budget-friendly breakdown of third-party disbursements.
Your sale or purchase is protected by our no sale, no fee guarantee.
Our panel solicitors are pre-approved to work with 99% of mortgage lenders in England & Wales.
Panel solicitors accredited by the Conveyancing Quality Scheme; regulated by the SRA.
Residential Conveyancing Solicitors in and around Manchester
Our Manchester conveyancing solicitors can help you with your conveyance locally or in any of the surrounding areas, including Oldham, Middleton, Prestwich, Stretford, Stockport, Snaresbrook and Wythenshawe.
We have many offices throughout England and Wales, so you can find a solicitor near you.
- The Cube, 2 Advent Way, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 7LH
- 106 Icon 25, 101 High Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 1HG
- A28 The Ropeworks, Little Peter Street, Southern Gateway, Manchester, M15 4QH
- 211 Smallshaw Lane, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, OL6 8RJ
- 63 Waddicor Avenue, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 9HF
- Base (apartments) – Arundel Street, Castlefield, Manchester.
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Manchester Property Prices
| Average property price in Manchester | £290,224 |
| Population of Manchester | 514,417 (2013) |
Local conveyancing solicitor
Are online licensed conveyancing solicitors better than property lawyers near me?
Before the internet, finding licensed conveyancing solicitors in Manchester would have meant to consult your local phone book or just to take a walk down your local high street to find your conveyancer near me.
Before modern ID checking processes your local conveyancing solicitors would need to meet with you to confirm who you were as part of their money laundering and 'Know Your Client' checks. Solicitors previously used to use this time to talk through the transaction with you in person - a part of the service that was reflected within their conveyancing solicitors fees. Nowadays, the legal process can be completed without face to face meetings, using online ID checks and new ID process.
Although local knowledge becomes critical when choosing your RICS surveyor for a home buyers survey, your solicitor in all cases, whether they're a 'conveyancing solicitor near me' or based 200 miles away will carry out their work by processing documents and forms, virtually all of which can be obtained and/or transmitted electronically.
There is no need for them to be based locally and you'll usually find that conveyancer near me will charge extra for business conducted 'in person' - such as ID checking - and that their time is better spent focusing on the paperwork. We welcome queries from our clients and act as the vital link between you and your solicitor which means you're kept in the loop and your solicitor is fully engaged in getting your move completed as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Why choose SAM Conveyancing Solicitors in Manchester?
Whether you're buying, selling, remortgaging, dealing with a lease, staircasing shared ownership, or paying offyour help to buy loan, you'll need a conveyancing specialist to handle the legal side of things. With SAM you get the benefit of dedicated conveyancing executive who'll guide you through the process, from start to finish, at no extra cost. Available Monday to Saturday to answer all your questions, we'll bridge the gap between you and your solicitor, with regular updates in plain English.
We have hand selected some of the best conveyancing solicitors Manchester has to offer, which are backed by a no sale no fee guarantee and the Manchester conveyancing fee we quote is broken down so you can see exactly what your quote includes. What we quote you is the fixed price you will pay for the agreed work. No unpleasant surprises.
You'll also benefit form our state of the art Online Conveyancing Process to track your progress and next steps along the way.
Affordable Housing Schemes
Several affordable housing schemes in Manchester help make buying a property more achievable. The work is more complex, and we have specialist conveyancing solicitors to handle the following:
- Shared Ownership Solicitors
- Right to Buy Solicitors Manchester - speak to Manchester City Council to find out if you are eligible
- Discount Market Sale Manchester - check with Manchester City Council if they are running a DMS scheme
Manchester conveyancing solicitors
You can rest assured that you're in good hands with our Manchester Conveyancing Solicitors. They are skilled and experienced with complex property transactions from a simple purchase for a property in Manchester to a Sale and Purchase of a shared ownership property, executing a Deed of Trust simultaneously.
Is the property over 5 storeys (11m)?
Many leasehold properties in Manchester are in large buildings which now require an EWS1 certificate to confirm if the cladding is fire safe. Thankfully 2022's leaseholder protections mean that most leaseholders are not burdened with the cost of remediation of any defective cladding, but you will need to see the seller's Deed of Certificate to prove that the lease doesn't come with a nasty (and expensive) surprise.
Be particularly wary of purchasing a share of freehold as the freeholders may become liable for the cost of remedying defective cladding. Our specialist leasehold solicitors Manchester are well experienced with handling all of these added complications, so you will be in safe hands with SAM. Property Challenges Solved.
Conveyancing FAQs: Property Lawyers Manchester
Greater Manchester, created in April 1974, is a metropolitan county in North West England. It has ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the cities of Manchester and Salford.
The county is a mix of high-density urban areas, suburbs, semi-rural and rural locations. Surrounding counties include Cheshire, Merseyside, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire.
The main motorway in the area is the M62, with the M66, M61 and M60 (a fully orbital motorway) branching off it. The M6 skirts the county to its west. The county has an international airport: Manchester Airport, the third busiest in the UK, which is also a rail hub. There are 98 train stations in the county at the most recent count.
The county has 5 universities: Manchester Metropolitan University, the University of Bolton, the University of Law, the University of Manchester and the University of Salford.
The county has the highest number of theatre seats per head of population outside London and theatres include the Royal Exchange Theatre, the Apollo Theatre, the Palace and the Opera House. There are four professional orchestras, including The Hall?, which is the UK's oldest symphony orchestra and is based at the Bridgewater Hall. The Manchester Arena hosts more than 21,000 people and is the largest indoor arena in Europe, having been voted the most popular venue in the world.
Greater Manchester Property Market Reports
**Our panel of solicitors are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and conveyancing work is accredited with the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme.
***No Sale No Fee applies to any sale or purchase quote except auction, right to buy, discount market sales, or purchase of land. The No Sale No fee only protects the main solicitor's fee. All Additional Fixed Fees are payable in full. Read our No Sale No Fee Policy.
What are the conveyancing costs?
Manchester Conveyancing Solicitor fees vary between online conveyancing solicitors, high street conveyancers or housing solicitors introduced by your estate agent.
The actual conveyancing costs, outside of the legal work, should be fixed, including:
For buyers: stamp duty, land registration, property searches, ID searches and leasehold charges (if buying a leasehold property).
For sellers: office copies, title plan and management information (if selling a leasehold property).
Make sure to budget for all of the above conveyancing costs and to get a fixed fee conveyancing quote from several firms, to compare value.
Making the right choice of solicitor is key to the whole process:
- Cheap Conveyancing
- Fast Conveyancing
- Best Conveyancing Service
What happens after you instruct your conveyancing solicitor?
Once you've instructed your solicitor for your move, they take your required deposit and send you a Care Pack with their terms and charges, as well as forms for you to fill in regarding your ID (and proof of funds if you're buying).
They communicate with your seller's solicitor to confirm that you've instructed them to act on your behalf and request the seller's pack (includes a copy of the draft contract, property information forms etc.).
You are given a copy of the draft contract to review and can raise questions or concerns with your solicitor. As well as checking over the contract and property information forms, your solicitor also scrutinises the property searches returned and your home buyers survey report and gives you an appraisal based on their findings.
If you have any queries, your solicitor can frame these, along with any other questions they've formed, into enquiries which are passed back to the seller's solicitor, who looks to provide answers to them. The process continues until there are no more enquiries, at which point the process progresses to the exchange of contracts phase.
