In plain English
It means the formal checks about the property have been requested and the process is now waiting for replies. In conveyancing, this is a transaction status rather than a result. The requests have been sent to the relevant authorities or other search providers, but nothing has been returned yet.
In context
Here, it shows that the property's transaction searches have been requested and that their results are still awaited.
- Situation
- Following home-purchase, mortgage, valuation, survey, and closing administration
- What it communicates
- shows that property searches have been requested.
Meaning limits
By itself, this status does not say what the search results will be or when they will be returned.
Examples
“By Wednesday, the sale had reached Searches ordered, with the council and drainage requests sent off but no results back yet.”
“The file remained at Searches ordered while the solicitor waited for replies from the search providers.”