Legal Packs for Estate Agents

At Huis, our up front sellers legal packs contain the legal title information required for compliance with Regulation 6 of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading  Regulations 2008 (CPRs).

Trading Standards guidance on Material Information states that Estate Agents are not 'expected,  qualified, or (usually) insured to make judgements about issues in Parts B and C' of the CPRs. 

However, the CPRs do require Estate Agents to include details of legal restrictions, rights, covenants and easements in their marketing, and recommend that  estate agents contact a conveyancer to resolve and help with these issues.

Our legal packs ensure that this information is not just obtained, but also checked and reviewed, whilst you secure a buyer.

We can also help with your onboarding compliance - and the more complex AML requirements - for example where the seller is deceased and there is a restriction on the title. 

Our legal packs are free (when the seller instructs one of our trusted conveyancing firms), why not refer to us at no cost or send us a message to ask for more information about how we can help with material information?

You've agreed a sale - and now you wait.

Whether you refer in-house or whether your seller finds their own conveyancer - the onboarding process, the completion of the sellers forms and the issuing of a 'draft contract pack' often takes 1+ weeks. 

At Huis:

• Onboarding is already complete
• The Legal Title is pre-prepared and any defects addressed
• The contract documents are -pre-prepared and ready to send and sign
• Our packs are sent to the buyer's conveyancer as soon as an offer is accepted

How often are you updated that the conveyancers are 'waiting on replies to enquiries'?

Our legal packs aim to cut down on the 'enquiry' stage of the legal process - by providing complete paperwork and resolutions to potential issues up- front.

Due to high caseloads and demand for emails, calls and updates, as well as ever increasing compliance demands, conveyancers work under high pressure. 

It is common for the buyers conveyancer to review the draft contract pack 1-2 weeks after it is received - some conveyancers will wait until the searches are received some 4+ weeks into the legal process. 

The buyer's conveyancer then raises their enquiries with the seller's conveyancer, usually by email  - but often still by post!

The seller's conveyancer then schedules in a review of the enquiries - this can take 1-5 working days. Only at this stage do they begin gathering additional information and resolving any title issues!

The back and fore of the enquiry stage, until the buyers conveyancer is satisfied, can take  8+ weeks to resolve in many cases.

At Huis Legal Packs we take a common sense approach -  issues are identified and potential enquiries anticipated - with resolutions (such as indemnity policies or missing documents) found and included in the legal pack before a buyer is even found. 

Do you find it difficult to get updates from busy conveyancers?

Communication is key in keeping chains on track! There are many case progression apps and portals that promise a solution - but did you know that many of them require the conveyancer themselves to provide the updates in the first place? 

The more updates the conveyancer must provide (to clients, estate agents, mortgage brokers, referrers and portals), the less time they have available to complete the legal work that will move matters towards completion.

At Huis, we are experts in the conveyancing process and we are able to access direct updates from our trusted panel of conveyancing firms. We offer up to date, proactive bi-weekly updates to all parties via email or instant messaging - saving time for both the estate agent and the conveyancer. 

Our legal packs are free (when the seller instructs one of our trusted conveyancing firms), why not refer to us at no cost and find out how we can help you, and your sellers, today?