We note that you have a post code search directory listing firms on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our own conveyancing in Cross Hands?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Cross Hands.
We had instructed solicitors with offices in Cross Hands on the UBS solicitor approved list. They are now charging me an additional amount for the legal aspects of the UBS mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee set by UBS?
Provided it is contained in their Terms and Conditions or Quote then yes your conveyancer can levy a fee for this. This charge is not set by UBS but by your Cross Hands property lawyer. Some firms on the UBS panel will charge ’dealing with mortgage’ fee and others do not.
My partner and I are spending time looking at houses in Cross Hands and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it sensible to have my lawyer on ‘stand by’? I am planning to take a mortgage with Leeds Building Society.
You should start requesting conveyancing estimates from solicitors ASAP. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their details on to the selling agent. As you are taking out a mortgage with Leeds Building Society, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel.
I had an offer accepted on an apartment in Cross Hands on 28/9/2026, valuation was booked five days later, all came back fine. Conveyancer retained, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Principality and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Principality conveyancing panel. Are Principality entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Principality to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Principality conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
three months have elapsed since my purchase conveyancing in Cross Hands completed. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £180,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the property from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
How does conveyancing in Cross Hands differ for newly converted properties?
Most buyers of new build premises in Cross Hands come to us having been asked by the seller to sign contracts and commit to the purchase even before the house is ready to move into. This is because builders in Cross Hands tend to acquire the real estate, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct conveyancing solicitors as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are used to new build conveyancing in Cross Hands or who has acted in the same development.
Given that I will soon part with over three hundred thousand on a terraced house in Cross Hands I wish to have a conversation with the conveyancer concerning thetransaction ahead of giving the go ahead to the firm. Can this be arranged?
This is something that we encourage - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the conveyancer due to be conducting your property ownership legalities in Cross Hands.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is an important person, not a matter reference. The practices that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are quoted for your conveyancing in Cross Hands should be the figure that you are charged.
I pay a maintenance contribution for my first floor flat in Cross Hands. Due to redundancy and personal issues I slipped behind with remittance. I negotiated a settlement plan but there is still in the region of £1750 outstanding at the current time.
I now wish to sell and I am concerned this can jeopardize the sale if I have to discharge the arrears first. I'd like to sell up and then pay them back with the proceeds - is this achievable?
Do check with the property lawyer dealing with your Cross Hands conveyancing but one option could be to arrange for the outstanding amount to be passed to the purchasers. The sale price due would be adjusted to reflect the amount of debt they assume. They could then pay the arrears once they are the owners.