My previous lawyer has quoted £1700 for fixed fee conveyancing in Poulton Le Fylde. I’m hoping to sell a newly refurbished detached home for £150,000. Is this over the top? Is it in excess of the norm for conveyancing in Poulton Le Fylde?
The estimate does seem marginally steep. If you are content to invest time comparing fee on a like for like basis you could reduce the fees slightly by as much as £125. On the other hand, you couldlive to regret opting for an an untested lawyer. If is important to check that the conveyancer can also act for your bank. Do make use of our search tool to find a Poulton Le Fylde conveyancing company on the lender’s approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Poulton Le Fylde.
I am purchasing a house without a mortgage in Poulton Le Fylde. I have been residing for the previous twelve years in Poulton Le Fylde. Conveyancing searches are expensive. As I have knowledge of the road and vicinity very well must I have all the conveyancing searches?
If you not getting a home loan, then all but one or two of the Poulton Le Fylde conveyancing searches are at your discretion. Your solicitor will ’encourage you, no-doubt strongly, that you should have searches done, but she is duty bound to take that path of encouragement . One thing to bear in mind; if you are intend to sell the house in the future, it may be of relevance to your prospective purchaser what the searches determine. Sometimes premises with day to day issues can still show up unpredicted search results. A good conveyancing solicitor in Poulton Le Fylde should be able to give you some helpful guidance here.
I own a 4 bedroom Victorian property in Poulton Le Fylde. Conveyancing lawyer represented me and Alliance & Leicester . I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are two entries: one for freehold, the second leasehold under the exact same address. I'd like to know for sure, how can I find out??
You need to review the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered proprietor of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Poulton Le Fylde and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with mortgage companies. You can also question the situation with your conveyancing lawyer who conducted the work.
Is it possible to swap firm as I need to choose a firm on the Accord Mortgages Ltd conveyancing panel. I was using a family conveyancing solicitor in Poulton Le Fylde five minutes from me but the firm is not accepted by Accord Mortgages Ltd
It would be our pleasure to assist you select a conveyancing solicitor in Poulton Le Fylde on the Accord Mortgages Ltd panel. Please note that the law firms that we list do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are regulated by the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Poulton Le Fylde. In making use of the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Poulton Le Fylde.
We're novice buyers - agreed a price, but the property agent informed us that the seller will only proceed if we instruct their recommended conveyancers as they need an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a local conveyancer with experience of conveyancing in Poulton Le Fylde
We suspect that the owner is not behind this ultimatum. If they want ‘a quick sale', turning down a serious buyer is not the way to achieve this. Avoid the agents and go straight to the sellers and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to progress, with finances arranged © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you will continue to use your preferred Poulton Le Fylde conveyancing firm - not the ones that will provide the estate agent a introducer fee or hit his conveyancing thresholds set by corporate headquarters.
My fiance and I have just had an offer agreed on a house and had meeting on Monday with Nationwide for the mortgage. They warned me that when it comes to choosing a conveyancer that unless they are on their approved panel of lawyers then we will be subject to an an additional charge of about two hundred pounds. This is is due to the fact that they will then have to select a conveyancer to act on their behalf in addition to the one we appoint on our behalf and we assume responsibility for their invoice. I have asked Nationwide to furnish me with a list so I can seek quotes only from their approved conveyancers but was told they dont have such a list to hand over. Is there a simple way of finding out who is on a lender panel?
You should ask Nationwide what their panel criteria is for a solicitor.Thereafter ask the conveyancing practitioner of your choice whether they fit that criteria and have they acted on loans for Nationwide before. Where the answer to those is yes, then just clarify this with Nationwide. Alternatively please use our search facility and we should be able to find you a property lawyer in Poulton Le Fylde on the approved list for Nationwide.