Talk to your lawyer

In a heated market when property is moving fast, it’s tempting to rush in and sign a contract without getting it checked out first by a lawyer. All sorts of pitfalls may arise, because decisions are made in haste.

Conveyancing, the transaction of transferring property from one owner to another, appears simple. Some consider it merely a form-filling exercise. But what the client sees is like the tip of an iceberg, says Tim Jones, of Glaister Ennor, a legal firm specialising in property matters.

"A lot of what we do is behind the scenes, dealt with without facing the client. Sometimes the client needs to be there to make a judgement call. When we sit down and go through the exercise with them, they are staggered at the time it takes to make a single transaction," says Jones

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