Our Heywood conveyancer has identified a difference between the information in the home valuation report and what is in the title deeds. My solicitor says that he needs to check that the bank is OK with this discrepancy and is still content to lend. Is my conveyancer’s course or action correct?
Your conveyancing practitioner must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook provisions which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.
My relative recommended that if I am purchasing in Heywood I should carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?
A search of this type is occasionally included in the estimate for your Heywood conveyancing searches. It is not a small report of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out important information about Heywood around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Heywood Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Heywood.
Me and my brother own a renovated Georgian house in Heywood. Conveyancing practitioner represented me and The Royal Bank of Scotland. I did a free Land Registry search last week and there are a couple of entries: one for freehold, another for leasehold with the matching address. I thought I was buying a freehold how can I check?
You need to read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Heywood and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they sell they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with lenders. You can also question the situation with your conveyancing lawyer who conducted the work.
Is it possible to transfer to a new conveyancer as I need to retain one who is on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing list. I was using a family conveyancing solicitor in Heywood round the corner but the firm is not accepted by Skipton Building Society
It would be our pleasure to assist you find a conveyancing solicitor in Heywood on the Skipton Building Society panel. Please note that the law firms that we list do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Heywood. Using the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this website, you can compare costs for conveyancing solicitors in Heywood and beyond.
I have been sourcing a conveyancing practitioner in Heywood for my home move. Can I check a solicitor's complaints history with the legal regulator?
Members of the public can see presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions resulting from inquisitions started on or after Jan 2008. Go to Check a solicitor's record. To find records Pre 2008, or to check a firm's history, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. International callers, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA may recorded call for training purposes.
My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in Heywood. I I would like to check if they are listed on the bank's conveyancing panel. Could you help?
One option is to contact your lawyer to check if they are on the lender's approved list. If that does not help call us and we can investigate and revert. Should the firm not be on the conveyancing panel we we can help find a specialist conveyancing solicitor in Heywood on the panel for your mortgage company.