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Reasons to use our Lees conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Lees is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) often falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.
  • 2 Lees solicitors work in conjunction with Lees estate agents, developers, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to make sure that the highest level of service is offered to clients every step of the way, to ensure you’re kept up to date with progress throughout
  • 3 We are the UKs most comprehensive residential conveyancing directory service identifying mortgage company approved property lawyers delivering conveyancing in Lees governed by the SRA or CLC.
  • 4 Our site is the only site offering you the facility to ensure that your property ownership legalities in Lees will be carried out by a conveyancer on your mortgage lender’s member panel.
  • 5 Personal touch and pure property expertise are key benefits that you should seek when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Lees property deals can be made significantly more complicated due to lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments expeditiously.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Lees since August 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Lees

Can conveyancing in Lees to be completed in 3 weeks?

In a situation where you are under time constraints for your conveyancing it is advisable to make sure that your lawyer is familiar with the area as they will make use of local relationships and insight. It is even conceivable that they would have transacted previoushouses in the same road. You would be best advised to use a Lees conveyancing solicitor. In addition, check that the conveyancing firm is on the lender panel. It is believed that 18% of Lees conveyancing deals are suspended or derailed after discovering a buyer’s conveyancer was not on their mortgage lender’s member panel. In many cases this discovery resulted in the home move being frustrated by an average of three weeks. It is understood that this issue affects approximately 100,000 home moves annually. Almost all Lees conveyancing practices can not act for certain banks so do check at the outset.

We are planning to acquire a property and need a conveyancing solicitor in Lees who is on the Clydesdale solicitor panel. Can you recommend a local solicitor?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Clydesdale . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Lees.

Is it correct that all Lees CQS (Conveyancing Quality Scheme) solicitors are on the Nottingham conveyancing panel?

A selection of lenders now make use of CQS as the starting point for Panel approval such as HSBC and Santander. CQS accreditation however gives no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. That being said,the CML have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for solicitor practices wishing to join their approved list of conveyancing solicitors.

When it comes to mortgage companies such as Bank of Ireland, do Lees conveyancing practitioners have to pay a yearly amount to be on the conveyancing panel?

We are not aware of any bank fees to be on their list of approved firms, although some do charge an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.

I am expecting a AIP from Nationwide this week so we can work out what to offer on a property we like as otherwise we only have online calculators to go by (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do Nationwide recommend any Lees solicitors on the Nationwide conveyancing panel, or is it better to find our own lawyer?

You will need to appoint Lees solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and Nationwide through the process.

I have been told that property searches are the number one cause of obstruction in Lees conveyancing transactions. Is that correct?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released findings of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature within the common causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Local searches are not likely to be the root cause of holding up conveyancing in Lees.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my home are lost. The conveyancers who dealt with the conveyancing in Lees 10 years ago no longer exist. Will I be able to sell the house?

You no longer need to have the physical deeds to prove you are the registered proprietor of land or property, given that the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.

The lawyers conducting our conveyancing in Lees has sent papers to review that indicate that the property is unregistered with epitome documents. How can it be that the property not currently recorded at HM Land Regsitry?

Over ninety percent of property in Lees is registered. An 'epitome' is basically a dossier of photocopies of documents affecting an unregistered title. Many Lees conveyancing practitioners will be familiar with such matters but if any uncertainty prevails the conventional guidance presently is for the seller to register the title first and thereafter sell - this will have a knock on effect to cause a significant delay.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Lees

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Lees practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This will likely include advice on wrongful eviction

  • John Birkby & Co, 150 Huddersfield Road, Oldham, Lancashire, OL4 2RD
  • Maya Solicitors, 42a Horsedge Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 3SH
  • Norcross Lees & Riches, 19 Queen Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 1RD
  • Pearson Solicitors And Financial Advisers Llp, Albion House, 31 Queen Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 1RD
  • North Ainley, 34-36 Clegg Street, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL1 1PS

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Lees regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Lees with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Lees. This should include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • John Birkby & Co, 150 Huddersfield Road, Oldham, Lancashire, OL4 2RD
  • Pearson Solicitors And Financial Advisers Llp, Albion House, 31 Queen Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 1RD
  • Norcross Lees & Riches, 19 Queen Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 1RD
  • North Ainley, 34-36 Clegg Street, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL1 1PS
  • Mellor & Jackson Solicitors Ltd, 8 Church Lane, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 3AP

Typically, Lees conveyancing for a sale has some of the following tasks

  • Taking instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Collating the documents evidencing the title to the property
  • Drawing up the contract and related documents
  • Supplying draft papers to the conveyancing practitioner acting for the buyer
  • Finalising the wording for contracts and responding to supplemental questions from the buyer’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Finalising the transfer document
  • Responding to requisitions raised by the purchaser’s conveyancing practitioner
  • Carrying out the key stage of exchanging contracts and then completion of the sale
  • Accepting the sale proceeds and sending funds to the seller, the estate agent and other relevant parties (where relevant)

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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