We are selling our house in Knightsbridge. Does my conveyancer have to be required to be on the HSBC conveyancing panel in order to deal with repayment of my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the HSBC 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 conditions fairly frequently in recent years.
I happen to be the sole recipient of my late mum's will and I have everything in my name now, including the my former home in Knightsbridge. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in October. I plan to dispose of the house. I do know about the Mortgage Lenders 6 month 'rule', which means that my property ownership will be regarded the same way as though I had purchased the property in October. Will no one buy the property for half a year?
The CML handbook mandates solicitors to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." Technically you could be impacted by that. How sensible a view banks take of it, depend on the bank as this obligation chiefly exists to pick up on subsales or the wholesaling and assigning of properties.
After much negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in Knightsbridge. My financial adviser recommended their conveyancers. I paid an advanced payment of £175. Not long after, the conveyancer contacted me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Virgin Money panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
I had an offer accepted on a house in Knightsbridge on 17/9/2025, valuation was booked five days after, all came back fine. Solicitor retained, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Clydesdale and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Clydesdale to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I need some quick conveyancing in Knightsbridge as I am faced with a deadline to complete within 2 weeks. A home loan is not required. Can I avoid the conveyancing searches to save money and time?
As you are are a cash buyer you are at liberty not to have searches carried out although no law firm would recommend that you don't. With lots of history conveyancing in Knightsbridge the following are instances of what can appear and therefore affect market value: Enforcement Notices, Overdue Fees, Outstanding Grants, Road Schemes,...
I'm buying my first flat in Knightsbridge with a loan from Accord Mortgages Ltd. The builders would not budge the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The estate agent told me not disclose to my solicitor about the side-deal as it could jeopardize my loan with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.
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.
Back In 2008, I bought a leasehold flat in Knightsbridge. Conveyancing and Chelsea Building Society mortgage organised. I have received a letter from someone claiming to own the reversionary interest in the property. It included a ground rent demand for rent dating back to 1998. The conveyancing practitioner in Knightsbridge who previously acted has long since retired. Do I pay?
The first thing you should do is make enquiries of the Land Registry to be sure that the individual claiming to own the freehold is indeed the new freeholder. You do not need to incur the fees of a Knightsbridge conveyancing firm to do this as you can do this on the Land Registry website for less than a fiver. You should note that regardless, even if this is the rightful freeholder, under the Limitation Act 1980 no more than 6 years of rent can be collected.
I have attempted and failed to negotiate with my landlord to extend my lease without any joy. Can the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal adjudicate on such issues? Can you recommend a Knightsbridge conveyancing firm to act on my behalf?
Most certainly. We are happy to put you in touch with a Knightsbridge conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension case for a Knightsbridge premises is Flat 3 47 Cadogan Square in December 2010. the Tribunal determined that the premium payable to the landord by the leaseholder for the lease extension was £732,935 This case affected 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 13.33 years.
What is the best way of identifying a auction conveyancing in Knightsbridge?
Option 1 is to ask your friends and family who they would recommend. Second, look on the internet for conveyancing in Knightsbridge. Call a couple or more firms from the list and ask them to email you their conveyancing charges and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will handle your conveyancing before you commit. Third is to make use of our search tool to help you find the right solicitors for you based on your unique factors including location,speed, complexity and who your intended mortgage company is.Resist the temptation to appoint £99 conveyancing solicitors in Knightsbridge