Residential Legal Assistant - Based in the Bedford office

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:
Handle queries from clients, solicitors, lenders, and estate agents via face-to-face meetings, telephone, or email.
Make detailed attendance notes of all correspondence.
Open and close files on our Case Management System (CMS).
Take client instructions and carry out AML checks, source of funds, and gifts checks.
Ensure files on CMS are updated with all correspondence.
Apply GDPR and SRA regulations, following Lexcel and firm procedures.
Provide administrative support, including photocopying and scanning.
Prepare quotes for clients.
Draft completion statements.
Request mortgage redemption figures and mortgage advances.
Assist Fee Earner in preparing reports on title, mortgage, and search reports for clients.
Issue sale contracts and reply to sales enquiries on freehold and leasehold properties.
Order searches online.
Set up completions.
Perform post-comple...