Property Inheritance

[ck1]

Does an inherited property need to have the deeds transferred from the deceased prior to being sold?

[AuntLydia]

You need a Grant of Probate

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/content/100719

[woofgang]

It depends. The executor can sell the house once a grant of probate has been made, but I think that the house has to be in the beneficiary's name before the beneficiary can sell it.

[Peter Pedant]

Barmaid will have the definitive answer

We used a licensed conveyancer to sell my late mama's property and the title was 'brought up to date' and then sold
and we found that nothing had been done since my father (!) bought it in 1962!
( = long answer for yes )

[Peter Pedant]

oh I didnt doubt that we could only sell the property when it was in our names and not someone else's (my late father)

[Buenchico]

A definitive answer (from the Land Registry):
https://hmlandregistry.blog.gov.uk/2018/02/13/property-owner-dies/

Basically the executor needs to obtain probate and then complete form TR1 (transferring the title in the property from the estate of the deceased person directly to the buyer, without any requirement to transfer it to a beneficiary first). That, of course, assumes that the property is to be sold under the provisions of the will. If the will leaves the property to a specific beneficiary then it will be entirely up to them as to whether the property is placed on the market, so the executor should complete form AS1 to pass the title to the beneficiary.