Residential Assistant, Bedford
Office Hours: Full Time, 9:00 am - 5:15 pm
26 holidays per year
The successful Conveyancing Assistant will work alongside an experienced fee earner in a busy conveyancing environment. You will assist with a full and varied caseload of freehold/leasehold sales and purchases, re-mortgages, transfers of equity, right-to-buy, and shared ownership schemes from start to finish.
Key Responsibilities:
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Handle queries from clients, solicitors, lenders, and estate agents via face-to-face meetings, telephone, or email.
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Make detailed attendance notes of all correspondence.
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Open and close files on our Case Management System (CMS).
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Take client instructions and carry out AML checks, source of funds, and gifts checks.
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Ensure files on CMS are updated with all correspondence.
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Apply GDPR and SRA regulations, following Lexcel and firm procedures.
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Provide administrative support, including photocopying and scanning.
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Prepare quotes for clients.
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Draft completion statements.
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Request mortgage redemption figures and mortgage advances.
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Assist Fee Earner in preparing reports on title, mortgage, and search reports for clients.
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Issue sale contracts and reply to sales enquiries on freehold and leasehold properties.
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Order searches online.
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Set up completions.
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Perform post-completion admin tasks:
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Draft AP1s.
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Use Land Registry portal to submit registration applications and reply to requisitions.
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Generate Stamp Duty Land Tax calculations and submit applications.
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Prepare and submit invoices, receipts, and payments to the finance team.
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Provide occasional reception cover.
If this role is of interest, please call Anna Ramage on .