Right to Buy Transactions cover the purchase of social housing from a local authority or registered provider under the government’s Right to Buy scheme. A solicitor practicing in this area handles the conveyancing steps to buy the home, including confirming eligibility, negotiating with the landlord, drafting and exchanging contracts, reviewing the tenancy terms, calculating the discount, gathering title documents, and ensuring registration of the transfer at the Land Registry. They also coordinate with the landlord and mortgage lenders to complete the purchase and protect the buyer’s interests throughout.
What a solicitor handles in these matters
The solicitor will manage the technical steps that determine whether the buyer can proceed, including ensuring the discount and tenure conditions are correctly applied, gathering tenancy records, and completing the transfer of the property through the appropriate title and land registry entries, with attention to any leasehold terms and rights of way that might affect ownership.