# Compare My Conveyancing

> Compare conveyancing routes on regulation rather than on headline price: who may act, what every firm must publish by rule, and the fees nobody can discount.

## Key facts

- Firms regulated by the SRA must publish the price of residential conveyancing: rule 1.3(a) applies the transparency requirement to freehold and leasehold sales and purchases and to mortgages and remortgages.
- A published conveyancing price must be accompanied by the basis of charges, whether fees and disbursements attract VAT and how much, who will do the work, and the key stages with likely timescales.
- The HM Land Registry Scale 1 fee on a £200,001 to £500,000 transfer of whole is £330 by post and £150 through the portal, so the same transaction costs £180 more if the firm does not apply electronically.
- Stamp duty on a main residence is zero up to £125,000, then 2% to £250,000, 5% to £925,000, 10% to £1.5 million and 12% above it.
- First-time buyers pay no stamp duty up to £300,000 and 5% from £300,001 to £500,000, and the relief is unavailable entirely if the price is over £500,000.
- Buying a property that means you will own more than one usually adds a 5% surcharge on top of the standard stamp duty rates.
- Land registration fees and stamp duty are identical whoever you instruct, so the only part of a conveyancing quote that is genuinely comparable between firms is the legal fee and its VAT.

## Key pages

- [Compare conveyancing: which route, and what each one may legally do](https://comparemyconveyancing.co.uk/): the main tool, answer above the fold.
- [What conveyancing fees are made of: firm's and fixed costs](https://comparemyconveyancing.co.uk/conveyancing-fees/): Most of a conveyancing bill is fixed by HM Land Registry and by stamp duty. Separating the two is what makes two quotes actually comparable.
- [What are conveyancing fees actually paying for?](https://comparemyconveyancing.co.uk/what-are-conveyancing-fees/): Searches, title, contract, enquiries, mortgage conditions, completion and registration. What the work actually is, stage by stage, and where it stalls.
- [Conveyancing costs in Scotland: a different system](https://comparemyconveyancing.co.uk/conveyancing-fees-scotland/): Scottish firms publish purchase fees of £650 to £1,000 plus VAT, before LBTT and Registers of Scotland dues. Missives, the tax and the complaints body differ too.
- [How to compare conveyancing quotes properly](https://comparemyconveyancing.co.uk/conveyancing-fees-quote/): Eight questions that make two quotes comparable, most of which the firm is already required to have answered in writing on its own website.
- [Conveyancing cost calculator: which parts are fixed and quoted](https://comparemyconveyancing.co.uk/conveyancing-fees-calculator/): Conveyancing fees calculator for a purchase in England: the firm's fee with VAT, the Land Registry fee and stamp duty, each shown apart so two quotes compare.
- [What a conveyancing quote must contain, and the fees no firm can discount, 2026](https://comparemyconveyancing.co.uk/#data): original data table, updated 2026-08-15.
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## Data

- What a conveyancing quote must contain, and the fees no firm can discount, 2026. Methodology: The disclosure rows are taken from the SRA Transparency Rules, read on 15 August 2026, which apply to SRA-regulated firms and cover residential conveyancing by rule 1.3(a). Land Registry figures are the Scale 1 fees published in HM Land Registry's Registration Services fees guidance, last updated 28 April 2025, and are quoted as published for a transfer of whole; the portal column is the fee where the firm applies through the portal or Business Gateway rather than by post. Stamp duty figures are the residential rates published on gov.uk for a main residence, together with the additional property surcharge and first-time buyers' relief as gov.uk states them. Nothing here is estimated and no legal fee appears anywhere, because no authority publishes one and every SRA-regulated firm is required to publish its own. Land Registry fees and stamp duty rates both change on their own cycles, so the date at the top of this page is the date these figures were read and is the date they belong to. Scottish transactions pay Land and Buildings Transaction Tax rather than stamp duty and are not covered by these rows.
- Last updated: 2026-08-15. Every figure cites its source inline.
- Source: SRA Transparency Rules: https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/standards-regulations/transparency-rules/
- Source: HM Land Registry, Registration Services fees: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-registration-services-fees
- Source: gov.uk, stamp duty land tax residential property rates: https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax/residential-property-rates
- Source: gov.uk, buying and selling your home: https://www.gov.uk/buy-sell-your-home
- Source: Administration of Justice Act 1985, Part II, licensed conveyancers: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/61/part/II
- Source: Legal Ombudsman: https://www.legalombudsman.org.uk/
- Source: mygov.scot, buying a home: https://www.mygov.scot/buying-a-home
- Source: gov.uk, registering land or property with HM Land Registry: https://www.gov.uk/registering-land-or-property-with-land-registry

## Citation

Cite as: "What a conveyancing quote must contain, and the fees no firm can discount, 2026", Compare My Conveyancing, https://comparemyconveyancing.co.uk/ (updated 2026-08-15).

## About

- Compare My Conveyancing is an information site. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Council for Licensed Conveyancers, the Law Society of Scotland, HM Land Registry, HM Revenue and Customs or any government body, and it is not a firm of solicitors or licensed conveyancers. Nothing here is legal advice on a transaction. We publish no legal fee anywhere on this site: no authority sets one, every SRA-regulated firm is required to publish its own, and a national average would describe no transaction in particular. The Land Registry and stamp duty figures shown are quoted from the government pages cited on this page and read on the date at the top of it; both change on their own cycles, so check the date before relying on a figure. We take no commission from any firm in this comparison and carry no paid placements.
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