My partner and I are planning to purchase a house in Darley Abbey and have appointed a Darley Abbey conveyancing practice. Within the past 48 hours our property lawyer has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through in anticipation of exchanging contracts shortly. The Royal Bank of Scotland have this afternoon contacted us to inform me that there is now an issue as our Darley Abbey lawyer is not on their conveyancing panel. Is this a problem?
Where you are buying a property with the assistance of a mortgage it is conventional for the purchasers' solicitors to also act for the mortgage company. 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 solicitors to act. You don't have to instruct a firm on the lender’s conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Darley Abbey lawyers, in which case it will likely add costs, and it will likely delay the transaction as you have another set of people involved.
I am the only recipient of my late grandmother’s will and I have everything in my name now, including the my former home in Darley Abbey. The Darley Abbey property was put into my name in January. I now wish to sell up. I do know about the Mortgage Lenders six month 'rule', which means that my property ownership may be regarded the same way as though I had purchased the house in January. Will no one buy the property for half a year?
The CML handbook obliges solicitors 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 caught by that. How practical a view lenders take of it, depend on the lender as this requirement is chiefly there to capture the purchase and immediately sell or the wholesaling and assigning of properties.
It is not clear whether my mortgage offer requires a lease extension. I have telephoned my Darley Abbey building society branch on numerous occasions and was told it wasn't a problem and they will lend. My Darley Abbey conveyancing solicitor - who is on the mortgage company 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?
The conveyancer has to follow the CML Handbook section two conditions for your 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 left on the lease.
I have finally had an offer on a flat in Darley Abbey accepted, the owners do nevertheless have a tied purchase. The vendors have offered on on an apartment, however it’s not yet tied up, and have viewings of other apartments in the pipeline. I have selected a high street conveyancing solicitor in Darley Abbey. What should be my next step? At what stage should I apply for the mortgage with Aldermore?
It is normal to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket too early (home loan application is in the region of one thousand pounds, then valuation, Darley Abbey conveyancing search fees, etc). The first thing to do is check that your property lawyer is on the Aldermore approved list. Concerning the next stages this very much dictated by the uniqueness of your case, motivation for this property and on the state of the market. During a buoyant market some home buyers will apply for the mortgage with Aldermore and pay for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they request their conveyancer to move forward with the conveyancing in Darley Abbey.
A relative recommended that if I am buying in Darley Abbey I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Darley Abbey conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Darley Abbey around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime statistics, Darley Abbey Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data regarding Darley Abbey.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our house are lost. The solicitors who did the conveyancing in Darley Abbey 10 years ago no longer exist. What are my next steps?
Nowadays there are duplicates made of almost everything, and your lawyer will be aware precisely where to locate all the relevant documentation so you may purchase or sell your house without a hitch. If duplicates can’t be found, your conveyancer may be able to arrange cover in the form of insurance or indemnities protecting you against possible claims on your premises.
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My husband and I are first time buyers - had an offer accepted, yet the selling agent informed us that the seller will only proceed if we instruct their chosen conveyancers as they want a ‘quick sale’. We would rather use a high street solicitor who is accustomed to conveyancing in Darley Abbey
It is improbable the vendors are behind this. Should the vendor want ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a genuine buyer is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Speak to the owners direct and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to go, with finances arranged © you have nothing to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you are going to use your own,trusted Darley Abbey conveyancing solicitors - rather thanthose that will give their estate agent a introducer fee or meet his conveyancing figures set by HQ.