Completed the sale of my flat in Hampstead Garden Suburb last April but the buyer keeps telephoning daily to moan that her lawyer is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?
Following your sale your conveyancer is duty bound to forward the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. If applicable, your conveyancer must also evidence that the home loan has been paid off to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion steps peculiar conveyancing in Hampstead Garden Suburb.
I used Stirling Law a few years ago for my conveyancing in Hampstead Garden Suburb. Now, I need my documents however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Hampstead Garden Suburb of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I'm buying my first flat in Hampstead Garden Suburb benefiting from help to buy. The sellers refused to move on the amount so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The house builders rep advised me not to tell my solicitor about this deal as it could jeopardize my loan with HSBC Bank. Should I keep quiet?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Hampstead Garden Suburb is the location of the property. What do you suggest?
Flying freeholds in Hampstead Garden Suburb are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Hampstead Garden Suburb you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Hampstead Garden Suburb may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.
How easy is it to use the search facility to choose a conveyancing lawyer in Hampstead Garden Suburb on the authorised to act for my lender?
1st pick a bank such as Santander, The Royal Bank of Scotland or Clydesdale then choose your location such as Hampstead Garden Suburb. Conveyancing organisations in Hampstead Garden Suburb and beyond should be identified.
Please can you refer me to a property lawyer for purchasing a bungalow? Ideally someone in Hampstead Garden Suburb, who will communicate via email - not someone who insists on slow mail or fax.
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