This article first appeared in Homelife.
For all of the quirks and oddities of Jersey's conveyancing
process, you might be surprised to know that it's actually a
good deal quicker than many other jurisdictions. In the UK, for
example, the process typically takes a couple of months, which is
itself shorter in most instances than transactions in Scotland and
France.
And yet in Jersey, despite the age-old process and the
unregistered title system, the general expectation is that the
process of buying a new home – including title searches,
boundary and access checks, Planning and utility enquiries and
securing the mortgage – should take around four weeks.
In the majority of cases, four weeks is actually sufficient
– the combination of a well prepared client, a proactive and
engaged law firm and a lender with an efficient application process
will see most moves completed within that time frame.
