May 2022

13 May Property Searches: The Local Authority Search

Posted at 10:36h in Conveyancing Process by Rebecca Purssord 0 Comments

Property Searches or Conveyancing Searches are specific enquiries made by a Conveyancing Solicitor with relevant authorities in order to establish some key facts about the property you are looking to purchase. In this article, we going to look at one of the main searches carried...

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