We are a couple about to sign contracts for a garden flat in Kimbolton. We have hit a problem. Our mortgage offer with HSBC Bank expires on 24/3/2025 but the sellers are putting forward a completion date of 26/3/2025. Is it possible to prolong the loan offer?
The best person to deal with your question is your lawyer who should determine whether they better off negotiating with the lender, owner’s lawyers, selling agents or indeed all three given what has happend in your conveyancing as of today.
As someone not used to conveyancing in Kimbolton what is the number one tip you can give me for the legal transfer of property in Kimbolton
Not many law firms or advisers will tell you this but conveyancing in Kimbolton or throughout Cambridgeshire is often a confrontational process. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there exists lots of opportunity for confrontation between you and other parties involved in the ownership transfer. For example, the seller, estate agent and on occasion your bank. Choosing a law firm for your conveyancing in Kimbolton an important selection as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONE party in the legal process whose role it is to look after your best interests and to keep you safe.
We are witnessing a definite creep of a "blame" culture- someone must be blamed for the process taking so long. We recommend that you must always trust your conveyancer ahead of all other players in the home moving process.
We are expecting a mortgage offer soon. The bank mentioned the home loan came with free conveyancing. Does this mean I have to use their panel conveyancer as I would prefer to appoint a Kimbolton based conveyancing firm?
Do check but the chances are that give you one of their panel conveyancers where you want the "fee-free" deal. Speak to the bank and determine if they make available a cash alternative. In the past a few mortgage companies offered a £250 cashback as an alternative in which case you could put that amount towards your preferred conveyancing solicitor in Kimbolton.
I have justbeen informed that Arc property Solicitors have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Kimbolton for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 12 months ago. How can I establish that my home is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?
The quickest method to check if the premises is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Kimbolton conveyancing specialists.
I am looking into buying my first house which is in Kimbolton and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Kimbolton. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Kimbolton area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Kimbolton. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found
In my capacity as executor for the will of my father I am disposing of a house in Cardiff but reside in Kimbolton. My conveyancer (who is 260 miles from merequires that I execute a statutory declaration prior to the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Kimbolton to attest and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Kimbolton based