A conveyancing solicitor is a fully qualified practicing solicitor who specializes in the legal aspects of buying or selling properties. They can undertake the conveyancing process on your behalf, which involves all the legal aspects of transferring the ownership of a property from a seller to a buyer. The conveyancing process is complex and involves a number of stages, including handling contracts, giving legal advice, carrying out local council searches, dealing with the Land Registry, and transferring the money to pay for your property. Your conveyancing solicitor will carry out different tasks depending on whether you’re buying, selling, or both. Their main role is to ensure that the transaction goes through legally and to deal with all the small details, such as working out what is included in buying the property, carrying out local searches, and conferring with the seller/buyer’s solicitors to choose a completion date. They can also offer really helpful legal advice when issues come up in a survey. Although it’s permitted to handle conveyancing yourself, in practice, the vast majority of people will want to use a professional conveyancer, usually a solicitor.