My financial adviser has requested my Birmingham law firm’s panel reference for the Nationwide conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I obtain this. I have tried my local Birmingham office but they have not responded to me.
You are best placed to get this information from your Birmingham lawyer . They should have a central record lender panel numbers.
The Birmingham conveyancing firm handling our Birmingham conveyancing has uncovered a difference between the surveyor’s assumptions in the valuation report and what is revealed within the title deeds. My solicitor says that he is duty bound to ensure that the bank is OK with this discrepancy and is still content to lend. Is my conveyancer’s course or action correct?
Your solicitor must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook specifications 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 you.
Me and my partner are buying a apartment in Birmingham. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a conveyancer? On the day of competition we have to put our life savings into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our deposit?
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.
This question may be naive but I am unexperienced as FTB of a garden flat in Birmingham. Do I collect the keys to the house on completion from my solicitor? If this is the case, I will use a local conveyancing solicitor in Birmingham?
There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Conveyancing lawyers for you will transfer the completion advance to the owner’s solicitors, and once they have received this, you should be invited to pick up the keys from the selling Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen early afternoon.
Can I be sure that the Birmingham conveyancing solicitor on the Nottingham panel is any good?
When it comes to conveyancing in Birmingham getting recommendations is a good starting point. Before you go ahead, check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also, you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more, will often provide a better service than one advertising the lowest fees. We would always advocate that you speak with the solicitor conducting your transaction.
What can a local search tell me concerning the property my wife and I purchasing in Birmingham?
Birmingham conveyancing often commences with the applying for local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search company for example Xpress Legal The local search plays a central role in many a Birmingham conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any nasty surprises after you move into your new home. The search will supply information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic headings.
How easy is it to change solicitor as I need to select one who is on the Britannia conveyancing list. I had appointed a high street conveyancing solicitor in Birmingham round the corner but the firm is not approved by Britannia
We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Birmingham on the Britannia panel. Please note that the solicitors that we list do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are registered with the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Birmingham. Using search facility on this site, you can compare costs for conveyancing solicitors in Birmingham and throughout England and Wales.
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my aunt I am disposing of a property in Newport but I am based in Birmingham. My solicitor (who is 260 miles awayrequires that I execute a stat dec before the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Birmingham to attest and place their company stamp on the document?
Technically speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Birmingham based