I am expecting a offer of a home loan from Halifax. I intend to employ the services of a Licensed Conveyancer in Cambridgeshire. Does the Halifax Solicitor panel allow for conveyancers regulated by the CLC?
The Halifax conveyancing panel is, like many other lenders, associated to the CML or BSA, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the CLC.
Can your site be used to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in Cambridgeshire even where I’m not purchasing or disposing of a house, for example if I intend to acquire an office in Cambridgeshire with a loan from Coventry Building Society?
The service is mainly there to help choose residential conveyancing solicitors in Cambridgeshire but we have listed towards the bottom of this page a selection of Cambridgeshire commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the firm directly to see if they can also act for Coventry Building Society
Please explain the implications if my lawyer’s firm is suspended from the Santander Solicitor panel ahead of completing my conveyancing in Cambridgeshire?
The first thing to point out is that, 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 at a cost.
I have todaybeen informed that Stirling Law have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in Cambridgeshire for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 12 months ago. How can I establish that my home is not still registered in the name of the previous owner?
The easiest way to see if the property is in your name, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Cambridgeshire conveyancing specialists.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on two weeks back in what should have been a quick, no chain conveyancing. Cambridgeshire is where the house is located. Can you offer any opinion?
Flying freeholds in Cambridgeshire are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Cambridgeshire you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Cambridgeshire may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold property.
Are you able to clarify the variety of conveyancing offered by Cambridgeshire conveyancing practices?
Generally most Cambridgeshire conveyancing companies tend to supply a number of assistance to home and land proprietors, vendors, buyers, freeholders and tenants which may include:
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Private sale conveyancing in Cambridgeshire or nationwide
Residential purchase conveyancing in Cambridgeshire and nationwide
Shared equity purchase (part buying and part renting) Buying and selling of garden land Portfolio and off-shore remortgages Islamically-compliant mortgages in Cambridgeshire and nationwide