I'm the only recipient of my late grandmother’s will with all property in now in my sole name, including the my former home in Isle of Sheppey. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in August. I want to move. I do know about the Mortgage Lenders six month 'rule', which means that my property ownership will be considered the same way as though I had purchased the house in August. Do I have to wait 6 months to sell?
The CML handbook requires 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 affected by that. How practical a view mortgage companies take of it, depend on the mortgage company as this clause is chiefly there to pick up on subsales or the quick reselling of properties.
We previously selected conveyancing lawyers with offices in Isle of Sheppey on the Leeds Building Society solicitor panel. They are now charging me a further sum for the legal aspects of the Leeds Building Society mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee specified by Leeds Building Society?
Unfortunately, so long as it is in their Terms and Conditions or Quote then yes your property lawyer is entitled to charge a fee for this. The charge is not dictated by Leeds Building Society but by your Isle of Sheppey property lawyer. Plenty of firms on the Leeds Building Society panel will levy ’dealing with mortgage’ fee and others do not.
My husband and I have organised a further advance on our home loan from Barclays as we wish to conduct a loft conversion to our property in Isle of Sheppey. Are we obliged to select a high street Isle of Sheppey solicitor on the Barclays conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?
Barclays don't usually appoint firms on their conveyancing panel to handle such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Barclays conveyancing panel.
I require fast conveyancing in Isle of Sheppey as I have pressure to complete inside one month. A mortgage is not required. Is it possible to decline from having conveyancing searches to save fees and time?
If.Given you are are a mortgage free purchaser you have the choice not to have searches conducted although no lawyer would recommend that you don't. Drawing on our experience of conveyancing in Isle of Sheppey the following are examples of what can be revealed and therefore affect the marketability of the property: Enforcement Notices, Overdue Fees, Outstanding Grants, Unadopted Roads,...
Due to the encouragement of my in-laws I had a survey completed on a property in Isle of Sheppey ahead of instructing solicitors. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold aspect to the house. The surveyor has said that some lenders tend refuse to issue a loan on a flying freehold premises.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Lloyds has different requirements from Halifax. Should you wish to call us we can investigate further via the appropriate bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Isle of Sheppey. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.
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I have been sourcing a conveyancing practitioner in Isle of Sheppey for my house move. Is it possible to check a firm’s complaints history with the profession’s regulator?
One can see published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions resulting from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For details Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors record, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For non-uk callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator could monitor call for training purposes.
We had our mortgage approved yesterday with our lender. We have retained a local conveyancer in Isle of Sheppey yesterday. A couple of hours ago, our mortgage adviser phoned to advise us that the bank said that we cannot use our solicitor as they aren't on their panel. As FTB's, we did not have a clue that the mortgage company had a say Is this allowed?
You can actually instruct any property lawyer you prefer to choose including the said conveyancer in Isle of Sheppey but if they are not on the your bank's approved list you would have to incur an extra fee so the mortgage company can appoint their own lawyers. On occasion it is conceivable that your preferred conveyancing firm to get added to the bank panel. Do make the most of internet search facilities including lenderpanel.com to find a conveyancing solcitor in Isle of Sheppey on the bank panel. You can go into your high street lender branch in Isle of Sheppey. They can recommend conveyancing solicitors in Isle of Sheppey on the lender panel.