Conveyancer (In-house) - Birmingham

SALARY: On Application

THE ROLE: As an In-house conveyancer you will be responsible for the day to day plot conveyancing on new build developments. You will liaise with the regional offices and coordinate with the Sales, Development and Technical teams to provide a comprehensive reporting and monitoring system for the progress and completion of plot and part exchange transactions.

Responsibilities will include:

• Dealing with all aspects of the Conveyancing sale process from start to finish from issuing the draft contract pack, dealing with enquires, exchanging, meeting deadlines, to completion of the sale of new homes in accordance with Group Legal Disciplines.
• Maintaining knowledge and understanding of current home ownership schemes e.g. Help to Buy, Homereach and current sales incentive schemes e.g. Mortgage Holiday, Deposit Top Up.
• Dealing with plot sales as well any associated part exchanges and resales to include investigating title for both freehold and leasehold properties, making preliminary enquiries and further enquiries where necessary and preparing reports on title.
• Purchaser due diligence and consideration of Anti-Money Laundering issues including source of funds.
• Making local land charges searches and additional enquiries of the local authority and such other searches as may be appropriate'

• Experience in a plot sales environment OR residential conveyancing practice along with a detailed understanding of the residential property environment and having a minimum of three years relevant experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the conveyancing processes.
• Experience in handling high volume work and the ability to remain calm and collected.
• The ability to communicate clearly and effectively at all levels and to analyse complex legal issues quickly and decisively