Residential Property Solicitor

Residential Property Solicitor - Manchester

Salary: £40,000 - £60,000

Location: Manchester

Experience Level: 5+ Years PQE

Join a Top 10 Best Law Firm to Work For - Hit the Ground Running

Are you an experienced residential property solicitor looking to join an award-winning law firm that truly values its people? Our client, a market leading full service law firm with offices across the North West and Staffordshire, is seeking a qualified transporte solicitor with ideally at least 5 years' PQE who has a real passion for residential property to join their busy team in Manchester.

This is an exceptional opportunity to work with a firm that has been successful for a fifth time placing in the Top 100 Best Companies to Work For in the UK and has been recognised as a Top 10 Law Firm to Work For. The firm challenges the conventional law firm approach and focuses its energy on getting great results for clients, whilst attracting and developing brilliant people.

If you're looking for a role where you can run your own caseload, deliver outstanding client service, and develop your residential property career with a firm that genuinely invests in its people, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. The firm is looking for a candidate who can hit the ground running.

The Firm

Our client is a market leading, full service law firm with offices across the North West and Staffordshire, servicing both business and private clients. The firm is a people business with relationships at its heart, delivering legal services as trusted legal partners to businesses, individuals, and families across Lancashire, Cumbria, Manchester, Merseyside, and Staffordshire.

The firm has been successful for a fifth time placing in the Top 100 Best Companies to Work For in the UK andirman has been recognised as a Top 10 Law Firm to Work For. The firm has a culture that challenges the conventional law firm approach and focuses its energy on getting great results for clients, whilst attracting and developing brilliant people.

The firm offers a full range of legal services including Residential Conveyancing, Commercial Property, Corporate, Employment & HR, Divorce and Family Law, Wills, Trusts & Probate, Commercial> Dispute Resolution & Avoidance, Land & Property Dispute Resolution, Construction, Insolvency & Restructuring, Regulatory, Compliance & Licensing, and more.

The Residential Property team is large, highly experienced, and spans across the North of England. The team handles a diverse range of residential property transactions for clients and is supported by modern case management systems and technology.

The Role

As a Residential Property Solicitor, you will run your own caseload of residential conveyancing matters, providing clients and agents with regular updates, advice, and draft documentation. This role involves regular contact with clients and agents, and you must be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and an ability to deliver outstanding client service.

You will be working autonomously within a challenging commercial environment, operating a case management system, and ensuring the delivery of a profitable contribution to the work of the department. The firm is looking for a candidate who can hit the ground running.

Key Responsibilities

• Running your own caseload of residential property matters
• Handling sales, purchases, remortgages, and transfers of equity
• Dealing with freehold and leasehold transactions
• Progressing matters from instruction through to completion
• Providing clients and agents with regular updates, advice, and draft documentation
• Conducting property searches and reviewing search results
• Preparing and reviewing contracts and transfer deeds
• Dealing with Stamp Duty Land Tax returns and Land Registry applications
• Managing post completion formalities including registration

• Delivering outstanding client service
• Regular contact with clients and agents
• Providing excellent communication and keeping clients updated
• Responding to client queries promptly and professionally
• Managing client expectations and explaining legal processes clearly
• Building and maintaining positive client relationships

• Operating a case management system effectively
• Maintaining accurate and up to date file records
• Managing deadlines and ensuring timely progression of matters
• Prioritising workload and managing multiple transactions simultaneously
• Ensuring compliance with SRA requirements and firm procedures
• Working autonomously within a challenging commercial environment

• Undertaking fee earning work to provide a profitable contribution to the department
• Managing own caseload efficiently
• Meeting billing and financial targets
• Ensuring accurate billing and financial records

• Drafting correspondence and legal documents
• Preparing completion statements and financial calculations
• Managing file openings and closings
• Maintaining organised and compliant files

About You Essential Requirements

• Qualified Solicitor in England and Wales
• Ideally at least 5+ years' PQE in Residential Conveyancing / Property (essential)
• Ability to run own caseload and hit the ground running (essential)
• Strong technical knowledge of residential conveyancing processes and procedures
• Experience handling freehold and leasehold transactions
• Experience with sales, purchases, remortgages, and transfers of equity
• Knowledge of property searches and Land Registry procedures
• Understanding of Stamp Duty Land Tax requirements
• Good IT skills - experience operating case management systems
• Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
• Outstanding client service skills with ability to build and maintain relationships
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Confident working autonomously within a challenging commercial environment
• Proactive and self motivated approach to work
• Team player who works well in a collaborative environment
• Committed to delivering exceptional client service
• Understanding of SRA requirements and compliance

Desirable

• Experience with new build transactions
• Experience with Help to Buy schemes aged examples needed

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