We note that you have a post code search directory listing solicitors on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I instruct them for our own conveyancing in Osidge?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Nationwide conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Osidge.
The Osidge conveyancing solicitors that I recently instructed on my house acquisition in Osidge have without warning shut down. They were on acting for me because I needed a solicitor on the Aldermore conveyancing panel and my preferred Osidge lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take one hundred and fifty pounds for searches. What are my options?
Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then inform them straight away so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Aldermore conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers should be in a position to assist.
I need some expedited conveyancing in Osidge as I am faced with an ultimatum to sign on the dotted line within one month. A home loan is not required. Can I decline from having conveyancing searches to save fees and time?
If.Given you are are a mortgage free buyer you have the choice not to do searches although no solicitor would suggest that you don't. With lots of history conveyancing in Osidge the following are examples of issues that can be revealed and therefore affect the marketability of the property: Refused Planning Applications, Outstanding Fees, Outstanding Grants, Railway Schemes,...
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up as part of conveyancing in Osidge?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Osidge. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
We're FTB’s - agreed a price, but the property agent informed us that the vendor will only move forward if we instruct their recommended solicitors as they are insisting on an ‘expedited deal’. Our preferred option is to instruct a high street conveyancer used to conveyancing in Osidge
It is highly unlikely the sellers are behind this. If they require ‘a quick sale', turning down a motivated buyer is not the way to achieve this. Bypass the agents and go straight to the sellers and make sure they comprehend that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are chain free (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you will continue to appoint your own,trusted Osidge conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will earn the negotiator at the agency a referral fee or achieve conveyancing targets demanded by senior management.
Having used your search tool I can't find the lawyer I was hoping to instruct as being on the mortgage company conveyancing panel. My lawyer has said that they are on the mortgage company approved panel. How can I be sure given that they are not listed on your directory?
Not all firms are yet listed on our lender panel search tool which is still relatively new. Law firms are listing on a daily basis and it is probably the case that your lawyer is on the mortgage company conveyancing lawyer and you should probably take them at their word. Please do feel free to suggest that they completing their listing on our site as it would only cost them £1 a month to list themselves as being on the bank solicitor panel.