What are Conveyancing Disbursments?

Written baulkham – 23/9/2021

Disbursements are the costs and fees incurred by your conveyancer while buying or selling your home. All of those are costs and fees in addition to the usual service fee charged by conveyancers.

Disbursements cover a wide range of activity conducted by the conveyancer during the process. Among them are for example:

Registering your mortgage; Undertaking searches to obtain government and/or other public authority certificates (such as a title search and council certificates); and Administrative costs such as couriers and attendance at the settlement.
It is important to remember that selecting a conveyancer solely on their fee does not guarantee the best advice or service.

Throughout the process, your conveyancer’s responsibility is to ensure that you can sell or buy your property. This includes performing all necessary legal checks.

It’s also worth noting that the cost of your disbursements will differ depending on whether you’re the buyer or the seller.

It is your responsibility as a buyer to obtain all of the information you require in order to make an informed decision. Your decision may be impacted by issues such as council zoning, land and title searches.

Your conveyancer should be able to answer all of your questions about disbursements and keep you up to date on any changes to the process as they happen.