My friend's dad is a conveyancer. I suspect that I will be offered mate’s pricing for conveyancing, However if that does not come materialise, what kind of costs should I be paying for conveyancing in Eastwood?
Do compare pricing. Do use our search tool on this page. You will notice that charges will vary but service levels do differ between law firms as is true with most professions.
It is 10 years ago since I acquired my property in Eastwood. Conveyancing lawyers have just been instructed on the sale but I can't locate the title documents. Will this jeopardise the sale?
You need not be too concerned. First there is a chance that the deeds will be retained by the mortgage company or they may be in the possession of the lawyers who oversaw your purchase. Secondly in most cases the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you are the registered owner by your conveyancing lawyers procuring current official copies of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Eastwood involves registered property but in the unlikely event that your home is not registered it adds to the complexity but is resolvable.
Please explain the implications if my solicitor is expelled from the RBS Solicitor panel ahead of completing my conveyancing in Eastwood?
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.
How easy is it to swap firm as I have to retain one who is on the Santander conveyancing panel. I had appointed a local conveyancing solicitor in Eastwood round the corner but the firm is not accepted by Santander
We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Eastwood on the Santander panel. Please note that the law firms that we on the directory do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Eastwood. In utilising the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this site, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Eastwood.
We're new on the property ladder - had an offer accepted, but the property agent has warned us that the vendor will only go ahead if we appoint the agent's recommended conveyancers as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a local conveyancer accustomed to conveyancing in Eastwood
We suspect that the seller is unaware of this request. Should the seller desire ‘a quick sale', turning down a serious buyer is counter productive. Bypass the agents and go straight to the sellers and make sure they comprehend that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you are going to instruct your preferred Eastwood conveyancing solicitors - as opposed tothe ones that will give the negotiator at the agency a referral fee or meet his conveyancing figures set by head office.
We are in the throes of selling our flat in Eastwood. Conveyancing is fine but we have been asked to pay an extortionate amount from the freeholder. So far we have paid £237 for a leasehold management pack and then another £200 plus VAT for responses to queries supplied by the purchaser's conveyancing practitioner.
Your lawyer will unlikely have any control over the extent of the charges for this information but the typical fee for the information for Eastwood leasehold property is £350. For Eastwood conveyancing deals it is usual for the vendor to pay for these costs. The freeholder or their agents are under no legal obligation to address such questions although many will be willing to do so - albeit often at high prices disproportionate to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no legislation that mandates capped fees for administrative tasks. Neither is there any prescriptive time frame by which they are duty bound to issue the information.