It is a dozen years since I purchased my home in Brantham. Conveyancing solicitors have just been retained on the sale but I am unable to locate my title deeds. Is this a major issue?
You need not be too concerned. Firstly the deeds may be kept by the lender or they may stored with the conveyancers who oversaw the purchase. Secondly in most cases the land will be registered at the land registry and you will be able to prove you are the registered owner by your conveyancing lawyers acquiring up to date copy of the land registers. Almost all conveyancing in Brantham involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is unregistered it is more problematic but is resolvable.
My husband and I are buying a newbuild apartment in Brantham with a homeloan from Birmingham Midshires.We have a Brantham conveyancing practitioner but Birmingham Midshires says his firm is not listed on their approved list of firms. It seems we are left with little choice but to instruct a Birmingham Midshires panel firm or retain our preferred solicitor and fork out for a Birmingham Midshires panel lawyer to act for them. This seems very unfair; is there anything we can do?
No, not really. The loan offered to you is subject to its various provisions, one of which will be that conveyancers must be on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel. in the past, most mortgage companies had large numbers of solicitors on their panels: a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. Another option that might be available is for your solicitors to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Birmingham Midshires
Various internet forums that I have visited warn that are the main cause of delay in Brantham conveyancing transactions. Is there any truth in this?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the top 10 causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Searches are not likely to be the root cause of slowing down conveyancing in Brantham.
I used Arc property Solicitors several years past for my conveyancing in Brantham. Now, I need the files however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Brantham of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
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I'm purchasing a property in Brantham. I have found my conveyancer's company on the Law Society's list, but I can't find my lawyer's name on the list. Should I be concerned?
Not every individual in the practice must be listed by the regulator. Provided there is someone qualified to 'oversee' the conveyancing, the actual day-to-day activity can be undertaken by unqualified staff.