I am obtaining a mortgage with Halifax. I hope to retain the legal services of a Licensed Conveyancer in Braunstone. Does the Halifax Solicitor panel allow for Licensed Conveyancers?
The Halifax conveyancing panel is, like many other lenders, represented by the Council or Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
Can your site be used to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Braunstone even where I’m not buying or selling a house, for example if I want to acquire an office in Braunstone with a mortgage from Clydesdale?
Our search tool is primarily there to locate domestic conveyancing solicitors in Braunstone but we have set out towards the end of this page some Braunstone commercial conveyancing firms. You should enquire with the firm directly to see if they can also act for Clydesdale
Please explain the implications if my lawyer’s firm is suspended from the Principality Conveyancing panel ahead of completing my conveyancing in Braunstone?
First, this is very unlikely to happen. In most cases even where a law firm is removed off of a panel the lender would allow the completion to go ahead as the lender would appreciate the difficulties that they would place you in if you have to instruct a new solicitor days before completion. In a worst case scenario where the lender insists that you instruct a new firm then it is possible for a very good lawyer to expedite the conveyancing albeit that you may pay a significant premium for this. The analogous situation is where a buyer instructs a lawyer, exchanges contracts and the law firm is shut down by a regulator such as the SRA. Again, in this situation you can find lawyers who can troubleshoot their way to bring the conveyancing to a satisfactory conclusion - albeit for a fee.
Me and my partner are purchasing a property in Braunstone. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a solicitor? On completion day we will need to deposit our life savings into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our monies?
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 happen to be the single beneficiary of my late father’s estate and I have everything in my name now, including the house in Braunstone. The Braunstone property was put into my name in October. I plan to dispose of the property. I understand that there is a Mortgage Lenders 6 month 'rule', which means that my property ownership will be considered the same way as if I'd bought the property in October. Is the property unsalable for six months?
The CML handbook mandates conveyancers 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. How sensible a view lenders take of it, depend on the bank as this provision principally exists to pick up on the purchase and immediately sell or the wholesaling and assigning of property.
My wife and I have organised the release of further funds on our home loan from Kent Reliance as we want to carry out renovations to our house in Braunstone. Do we need to select a high street Braunstone solicitor on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel to handle the legals?
Kent Reliance don't usually instruct firms on their approved list of lawyers to deal with the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Kent Reliance panel.
I am downsizing from our property in Braunstone and according to the buyers it appears that there is a risk of it being constructed land that was not decontaminated. A local conveyancer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers are using an internet conveyancing firm rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Braunstone. Having lived in Braunstone for six years we know of no issue. Do we contact our local Authority to seek confirmation that the buyers are looking for.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing firm currently acting for you. What do they say? You need to check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same sickness)
What does commercial conveyancing in Braunstone cover?
Braunstone conveyancing for business premises incorporates a wide array of guidance, provided by qualified solicitors, relating to business premises. By way of example, this area of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the transfer of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial mortgages and the termination of tenancies.