I am purchasing property in Chandlers Ford. My Conveyancer is not listed on the mortgage company conveyancing panel. Am I still permitted to retain my Chandlers Ford conveyancing solicitor even though they are not on the mortgage company panel?
You have numerous choices available to you here
- Complete the purchase with your preferred Chandlers Ford conveyancing practitioner but your mortgage company will undoubtedly use a solicitor from their conveyancing panel. This will result in additional charges together with likely delay.
- Choose a fresh solicitor to conduct the conveyancing, ensuring that they are on the mortgage company conveyancing panel.
- Appeal to your conveyancing practitioner to seek to join the bank panel
When can the exchange of contracts take place for sale conveyancing in Chandlers Ford and do I need to attend the lawyers branch?
If you are near to one of the conveyancing solicitors in Chandlers Ford you are invited in to sign documents. That being said, the firms we work with provide a national conveyancing service and provide as equally comprehensive and professional a job for you when dealing with you by post or email. The signing of the contract is not the critical part. A signed contract is necessary for the firm to address the formalities when the time is right, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The exchange process is nowadays normally dealt with by telephone and can be very rapid, although where a lengthy "chain" is involved, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Chandlers Ford)to be in the office available at the end of the phone to exchange contracts.
I am purchasing a right to buy a flat in Chandlers Ford. How practical is it for me to do the conveyancing?
Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Chandlers Ford you will have to appoint a solicitor on your bank's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Chandlers Ford.
I have been told that property searches are the main cause of delay in Chandlers Ford conveyancing transactions. Is that correct?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published findings of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the common causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are not likely to be the root cause of holding up conveyancing in Chandlers Ford.
The deeds to my property are lost. The lawyers who dealt with the conveyancing in Chandlers Ford 10 years ago no longer exist. What are my next steps?
You no longer need to have the physical deeds to prove you are the owner of your registered land or property, given that the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.
I see that you have a post code search directory identifying law firms on the bank conveyancing panel. Do Chandlers Ford conveyancing firms pay you a commission if I retain them for my own house purchase?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the bank conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to the any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Chandlers Ford.