How long to change title deeds/ Is legal advice needed?

Nobbie1967

Can anyone tell me how long it takes to have a change in ownership processed and appear on the title register? When is does appear, is the transfer dated when the documents were signed, or when the LR processes it? Also if an unmarried couple were to change the property from 'tenants in common' to 'joint tenants' would it be usual to have independent legal advice for each party before this is done, or could the existing solicitor for one of the parties do this for both?

G_M

Nobbie1967 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me how long it takes to have a change in ownership processed and appear on the title register?
No since there are too many variables
When is does appear, is the transfer dated when the documents were signed, or when the LR processes it?
Date of Transfer
Also if an unmarried couple were to change the property from 'tenants in common' to 'joint tenants' would it be usual to have independent legal advice for each party before this is done, or could the existing solicitor for one of the parties do this for both?

Either. Though the solicitor might require a consent form of some sort to ensure both parties understood the potential conflict.

Land_Registry

The average timescale between lodgement of the application to register the Transfer and completion of the registration is currently 5/6 working days.
How long it takes to get to the lodgement stage will vary but a rough rule of thumb is 2/3 weeks after actual completion of the purchase

The Transfer is usually dated following completion of the purchase so contracts are exchanged and you then complete. It will be dated before it is submitted to us for registration.

We always recommend that parties get legal/financial advice before either transferring ownership or changing how they hold the property.

G_M

Land_Registry_representative wrote: »

We always recommend that parties get legal/financial advice before either transferring ownership or changing how they hold the property.

This is of course sensible and cautious advice. However OP asked:

would it be usual to have independent legal advice..... or could the existing solicitor for one of the parties do this for both?

That's actually 2 questions and the answers are:

1) no available statistics.
2) Yes