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Enquiries raised

Enquiries raised is the status in a conveyancing transaction in which formal questions about the property or the transaction have been sent by one party’s conveyancer to the other party’s conveyancer for reply.

In plain English

This means the legal representatives are at the stage where one side has sent formal questions and is awaiting a reply. Those questions concern the property or the transaction. It is a status within the conveyancing process between the two conveyancers.

In context

Here, it reports that formal questions about the property or the transaction have been sent to the seller's conveyancer for reply.

Situation
Following home-purchase, mortgage, valuation, survey, and closing administration
What it communicates
reports that follow-up questions have been sent to the seller's side.

Meaning limits

By itself, this status does not say what the questions are or whether any answer has been received yet.

Examples

“The purchase moved to enquiries raised after the buyer's conveyancer sent formal questions about the lease to the seller's conveyancer for reply.”

Core meaning

“By Friday, the sale was at enquiries raised, with the seller's conveyancer preparing replies to questions about the title plan.”

In context