My financial adviser requires my Lincoln lawyer’ panel reference for the Santander conveyancing panel. What is the best way to obtain this. I have called my local Lincoln office but they don't know it.
Have you tried contacting your Lincoln conveyancing practitioner about this?. Most Lincoln law firms will keep a file or database of lender panel information which would include, if applicable, their conveyancing panel details for each mortgage company.
My partner and I are buying a newly constructed apartment in Lincoln and my lawyer is telling me that she is duty bound to the bank to reveal incentives from the seller. I am on a tight deadline to exchange contracts and my preference is not to prolong deal. is my lawyer playing by the book?
You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your lawyer. A precondition to being on a lender panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook specifications. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
Finally the sale completed on my house in Lincoln last February but my buyer keeps e-mailing me to say their conveyancer is waiting to hear from mysolicitor. What should have happened following completion?
Following your house sale your solicitor is obliged to send the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. If applicable, your conveyancer should also send confirmation that the mortgage has been discharged to the purchasers solicitors. There are no post completion tasks just for conveyancing in Lincoln.
What will a local search reveal about the property I am buying in Lincoln?
Lincoln conveyancing often starts with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search organisations such as Searchflow The local search is essential in every Lincoln conveyancing purchase; that is if you wish to avoid any unpleasant surprises after you move into your property. The search will provide data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 topic areas.
I used Stirling Law several years past for my conveyancing in Lincoln. I now require my papers but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Lincoln of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Hoping to buy a property located in Lincoln and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Lincoln. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Lincoln area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Lincoln. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found