A conveyancing search will be conducted for the benefit of both the seller and the buyer. The conveyancing search will take place before the sales contract is prepared and forwarded to the estate agent to enable them to commence marketing efforts.

Another conveyancing search will take place around the time the seller and buyer receive sales advice. A property solicitor will assist in the contacting of the client to discuss and obtain instructions as well as negotiate amendments to the contract in accordance with the clients' instructions and requirements. A conveyancing search will be conducted to arrange for the client to sign the contracts and before the exchange of the contracts as well as in regards to a reply to the purchaser's conveyancers requisitions on the title commitment.

Another conveyancing search will be conduct around the time that the conveyancing agent will receive the drafted settlement figures from the purchaser's conveyancing agent. Another conveyancing search will be conducted around the time there are any revisions made to the drafted settlement figures. The purchaser's conveyancing agent will be advised of any conveyancing search that is required and the settlement time and date.

After the conveyancing search for title liens has been made and clean title has been approved through the conveyancing search the settlement or closing will take place. At the settlement or closing the settlement funds will be received from the purchaser's conveyancers which have waited until all conveyancing search results have been received. At this time the approved conveyancing search will require client's funds are deposited unless the client's funds are being used for a simultaneous purchase.

A conveyancing search will ensure the correct legal documents are received and approved as well as the transferring of ownership of the home or property is conducted properly. The conveyancing search will occur before the legal formalities of transferring ownership of the property from the seller to the buyer, before execution of the deeds and before any physical moves have been made. It is imperative to the success of the conveyancing process that every conveyancing search that needs to be conducted has been conducted, reviewed, and approved prior to the final signing of the legal pleadings and documents at the closing table.

A conveyancing search can cost anywhere between 20 and 200 pounds depending upon the country, the search, the searcher and the issues that arise from said search. A conveyancing search can take anywhere from a few moments of research on the Internet to several weeks of researching with property managers, court houses and prior real estate records. Oftentimes a conveyancing attorney will need to assist in the conveyancing search prior to the settlement.