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Reasons to use our Cross Hands conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Excellent communication together with pure property experience are key benefits that you should look for when selecting conveyancing solicitors. Cross Hands home moves can become significantly more protracted because of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers listed strive to make sure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.
  • 2 Cross Hands lawyers work in conjunction with Cross Hands estate agents, house builders, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to make sure that the highest level of service is offered to clients every step of the way, helping make the process as straightforward as possible
  • 3 Over the years Cross Hands property lawyer have developed very good links with Cross Hands local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of dealing with your house sale or purchase in Cross Hands.
  • 4 Our site offers largest residential conveyancing directory service identifying bank approved law firms delivering conveyancing in Cross Hands regulated and authorised by the SRA or CLC.
  • 5 You can gain comfort when you choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Cross Hands has a number to select from, but for a truly professional and dependable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Cross Hands since January 2025*

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Transfer

of semi property, Ammanford Road, SA18 3QJ completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £210,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and executed transfer to purchaser’s conveyancer

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Disposal

of house property, Heol Nant Y Ci, SA18 3TP completing on 27/01/2025 at a price of £245,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, obtaining official copies of the title, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s conveyancer

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Sale

of terraced premises, Maes Yr Ysgol, SA18 3BJ completing on 10/01/2025 at a price of £320,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: sending the transfer to the seller for signature in readiness for completion, obtaining official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

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Disposal

of terraced property, Dyffryn Road, SA18 3TB completing on 17/01/2025 at a price of £200,000. The legal transfer of property incorporates some of the following tasks: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, preparing statement detailing charges

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Cross Hands

My wife and I are planning to purchase a property in Cross Hands and are in fact using a Cross Hands conveyancing practice. Within the last couple of days our property lawyer has forwarded the sale agreement to be signed with a detailed report with a view to exchanging next week. Barnsley Building Society have this morning contacted us to advise us that they have now hit a problem as our Cross Hands lawyer is not on their approved list of lawyers. What do we do from here?

Where you are buying a property needing a mortgage it is usual for the purchasers' solicitors to also act for the purchaser's lender. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your solicitor should contact your bank and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the bank's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Cross Hands lawyers, in which case it will likely add costs, and it will likely delay the transaction as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.

The vendors of the house we are purchasing hired a conveyancing practitioner in Cross Hands who has insisted on a exclusivity agreement with a payment 6,000. Are such agreements sensible?

This type of preliminary agreement isn't frequently used in Cross Hands, conveyancers will often encourage clients away from them as they divert attention from the main conveyancing focus and if you end up having your deposit forfeited then the lawyer is left exposed. Secondly, there is no guarantee that just because the owner has entered into an exclusivity contract they will complete the sale with you. They may breach the contract if they receive a large enough offer to do so because a wronged purchaser with the benefit of a exclusivitycontract will still have to show losses as a consequence of the breach and these may not compare to the financial upside that the owner may gain by breaking the agreement, no matter how morally reprehensible it undoubtedly is.

We are purchasing a property and need a conveyancing solicitor in Cross Hands who is on the Lloyds solicitor panel. Can you recommend a local firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Lloyds . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Cross Hands.

I'm the sole recipient of my late grandmother’s estate with all property in now in my sole name, including the house in Cross Hands. The Cross Hands property was put into my name in March. I want to move. I understand that there is a Mortgage Lenders 6 month 'rule', meaning my proprietorship could be considered the same way as though I had purchased the property in March. Do I have to wait half a year to sell?

The CML handbook obliges 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 might be affected by that. How sensible a view banks take of it, depend on the mortgage company as this provision principally exists to identify the purchase and immediately sell or the wholesaling and assigning of property.

I currently have a mortgage with Principality for my property in Cross Hands. Conveyancing was finalised months ago. If I am intending to rent out the flat and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a buy-to-let mortgage or inform Principality?

You must advise Principality in advance of renting your property as this is likely to be a breach of Principality’s mortgage conditions. In many cases banks or building societies will permit you to let out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Principality directly. It should not be necessary to do this via a Principality conveyancing panel solicitor.

I can not fathom if my bank obliges me to make sure the lease term for the flat is extended prior to the completion date. I have telephoned my Cross Hands bank branch on a couple of occasions and was told it does not impact the mortgage offer and they will lend. My Cross Hands conveyancing solicitor - who is on the lender conveyancing panel- called and was told they refuse to lend based on their UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook minimum lease term requirements. Who do I believe?

Provided that the lawyer is on the lender panel, she or he must comply with the CML Handbook conditions for the lender. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the mortgage company will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the lender to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years remaining.

Due to the input of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Cross Hands prior to instructing lawyers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the property. The surveyor has said that some banks will not give a mortgage on this type of property.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different requirements for example to Nationwide. If you contact us we can investigate further via the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Cross Hands. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor for my conveyancing in Cross Hands. I have stumble upon a site which looks to be the ideal answer If there is a chance to get all this stuff completed via email that would be ideal. Should I be wary? What are the potential pitfalls?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Cross Hands regulated by the SRA

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Cross Hands practicing in commercial conveyancing in Cross Hands. This could include advice on buying and selling small and large scale commercial property and agricultural land
  • Gary Jones Solicitors, 42 College Street, Ammanford, Dyfed, SA18 3AF
  • Steadman Jones Ltd, 12 College Street, Ammanford, Dyfed, SA18 3AF
  • Llys Cennen Solicitors, 52 College Street, Ammanford, Dyfed, SA18 3AG
  • David & Roy Thomas & Co, 72 St. Teilo Street, Pontarddulais, Swansea, West Glamorgan, SA4 8ST

What to expect from a Licensed Conveyancer for conveyancing in Cross Hands?

Licensed Conveyancers specialise in the legalities surrounding acquiring and selling property and cover conveyancing throughout England and Wales not just Cross Hands. When using a Licensed Conveyancer regulated by the CLC, you are entitled to:
  • Be supplied with an honest and lawful service.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high standard of legal services.
  • Be supplied with your conveyancing dealt with using care, skill and legal know-how.
  • Enjoy the benefit of a high quality of service due to your conveyancer’s arrangements, resources, procedures, skills and commitment.
  • Be supplied with a service which is accessible and responsive to your specific requirements.
  • Not feel discriminated against, victimised or harassed.
  • Not receive a service which is below the level you could expect, however, if you do your lawyer accepts responsibility for this and provides you with any appropriate redress.
  • Ensure your individual needs taken into account should you make a complaint.
  • Receive a swift, objective and comprehensive service if making a complaint about your conveyancing in Cross Hands about your conveyancing in Cross Hands.

Cross Hands commercial property solicitors provide expert offering advice on a number of aspects of commercial property law

    Negotiating, completing and terminating commercial leases Property finance transactions, including sale and leaseback Notices received in respect of alleged breaches of lease General advice on title or other property issues Commercial development (from overage and options through to site acquisitions and construction) Subletting, licences and sharing occupation

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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