I am selling my house in Fleet. Does the property lawyer have to be on the Santander conveyancing panel in order to deal with redeeming my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Santander conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their specifications fairly frequently currently.
It has been 3 months since my purchase conveyancing in Fleet took place. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £160,000. 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 asset 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.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a leasehold apartment up to £245,000 and found one near me in Fleet I like with open areas and station nearby, the downside is that it only has 49 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Fleet for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake buying a lease with such few years left?
Should you require a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term will likely be an issue. Reduce the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you can request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer concerning this matter.
What tools are available to identify a Fleet solicitor on the Nationwide Building Society conveyancing panel? I have a car and am willing to travel upto 10kilometers to meet the conveyancer.
You can use the tool on this page. Please pick a bank and your location and you will see a number of Fleet conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have listed some Fleet conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can telephone them to check whether they are on the Nationwide Building Society panel
My husband and I are 17 days into a leasehold purchase having been referred to a firm by the high street agent to carry out the conveyancing in Fleet. I am am extremely frustrated with the quality of service. Can you you assist me in finding new solicitors?
They would have to be really bad to suggest changing them. Has the mortgage offer been generated? If so you will need to inform them of the new lawyer and have the loan are issued to the new lawyers. The solicitor ideally needs to be on the lenders approved list to avoid added expenses and frustration. So that should be your starting point. The search tool should help you find a bank approved conveyancer for your home move in Fleet
I have been advised by various family members that it should take six to eight weeks for Fleet conveyancing to complete.This was a month ago. The draft contract was only received from the vendors conveyancing practitioner last week so now does it countdown?
You should take with some degree of scepticism any promises as to expedited completion times. Instead ask the average timeframe to complete Fleet conveyancing deals and whether they are willing to aim towards an agreed target date for your house move in Fleet