I am acquiring a newly built flat in New Southgate and my solicitor is advising me that she is duty bound to the bank to reveal incentives from the seller. I am nearing the developer’s deadline to exchange and I would rather not prolong matters. Is my lawyer right?
You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your property lawyer. A precondition to being on a bank panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions. The UK Finance Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
I recently had an offer agreed on a house in New Southgate. My financial adviser suggested a lawyer. I paid an advanced payment of £150. A few days later, the solicitor contacted me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the RBS 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 RBS 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.
My offer was accepted on an apartment in New Southgate on 15/9/2026, valuation was booked 2 days later, received a clean bill of health. Property lawyer appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Co-operative and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. Are Co-operative entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
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 Co-operative to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
After shopping around on the internet I have found a New Southgate conveyancing practitioner having made sure that they are on the Nottingham conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
Nottingham will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Nottingham will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. Your property lawyer will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by your New Southgate postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Nottingham, you could contact them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors in New Southgate.
Will commercial conveyancing searches disclose impending roadworks that could affect a commercial property in New Southgate?
Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in New Southgate will execute a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers spend in researching accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in New Southgate. The report sets out definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in New Southgate.
For each commercial conveyancing transaction in New Southgate it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately could result in delays to New Southgate commercial conveyancing deals as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not carried out for residential conveyancing in New Southgate.
I have todayfound out that Stirling Law have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in New Southgate for a purchase of a leasehold flat 9 months ago. How can I check that my home is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?
The quickest method to see if the premises is registered to you, you can make 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 New Southgate conveyancing specialists.
About to purchase a new build apartment in New Southgate. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.
Here is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in New Southgate
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If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision.
My husband and I are novice buyers - agreed a price, but the agent has warned us that the seller will only proceed if we instruct their preferred conveyancers as they need an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a high street conveyancer with experience of conveyancing in New Southgate
It is unlikely the owners are behind this. Should the owner require ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a serious purchaser is likely to cause more damage than good. Speak to the vendors direct and explain that (a)you are motivated buyers (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you do not need to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you intend to instruct your preferred New Southgate conveyancing firm - rather thanthe ones that will give the negotiator at the agency a referral fee or achieve conveyancing targets demanded by HQ.