Our Angmering lawyer has spotted an inconsistency between the surveyor’s assumptions in the valuation report and what is in the conveyancing documents. My lawyer says that he must check that the lender is OK with this discrepancy and is still content to lend. Is my solicitor’s stance correct?
Your solicitor must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.
Having sold my house in Angmering last December but the buyer keeps SMS messaging every few hours to moan that their conveyancer needs to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?
Following your disposal your conveyancer should forward the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your lawyer must also evidence that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been redeemed to the purchasers solicitors. There are no post completion steps specific conveyancing in Angmering.
My lender has suggested a law firm on their panel based in Angmering but I would rather choose a conveyancing lawyer in Angmering or nearer to where I live. Can you help?
Not all Angmering conveyancing practitioners are on all banks conveyancing panel. Please make the most of our search tool to identify a Angmering conveyancing conveyancer on the on the mortgage company panel.
Me and my partner are purchasing a house in Angmering. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a lawyer? On completion day we will need to deposit funds into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our money?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
I'm the only beneficiary of my late grandmother’s estate with all property in now in my sole name, including the house in Angmering. The Angmering property was put into my name in August. I now wish to sell up. I understand that there is a Mortgage Lenders six month 'rule', which means that my property ownership may be considered the same way as if I'd bought the house in August. Will no one buy the property for half a year?
The CML handbook requires solicitors to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you may be impacted by that. Some lenders would take a practical view as this requirement is chiefly there to pick up on the purchase and immediately sell or the flipping of property.
We had appointed conveyancing lawyers locally in Angmering on the Nottingham solicitor approved list. They have just billed me a supplemental fee for handling the Nottingham mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee specified by Nottingham?
Provided it is contained in their Terms and Conditions or estimate then yes your property lawyer is entitled to charge a fee for this. This charge is not dictated by Nottingham but by your Angmering lawyer. Some firms on the Nottingham panel will quote ’dealing with mortgage’ fee and others do not.
I used Arc property Solicitors several years ago for my conveyancing in Angmering. I now require my papers however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Angmering of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Some months ago I was informed by my lender that their approved conveyancers work on no move no fee basis for conveyancing in Angmering. My purchase did not proceed and now the lawyers have invoiced for search fees! They are stating that the fees are seperate!
Angmering conveyancing search fees are disbursements not solicitors fees as these are paid to independent parties.