Would the conveyancing practitioners that you recommend conduct right to buy conveyancing in Scarborough?
We do have numerous conveyancing experts carrying out right to buy conveyancing work You should contact the conveyancers listed with a view to obtain a costs calculation.
As a first time buyer what is the most important piece of guidance you can give me regarding purchase conveyancing in Scarborough?
You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Scarborough or throughout England and Wales is often a confrontational experience. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there is an abundance of room for conflict between you and others involved in the house moving process. For example, the vendor, property agent and sometimes a mortgage company. Appointing a solicitor for your conveyancing in Scarborough is a critical decision as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONE person in the transaction whose role it is to look after your legal interests and to protect you.
There is a worrying creep of a "blame" culture- someone must be blamed for the process being so protracted. You your first instinct should be to trust your conveyancer ahead of all other parties in the home moving process.
Is it the case that all Scarborough solicitor firms on the Barclays conveyancing panel are overseen by the SRA?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Barclays conveyancing panel they would need to be governed by the SRA. Some banks do permit licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such firms would be overseen by the CLC.
We had appointed conveyancing lawyers based in Scarborough on the Skipton solicitor approved list. They are now charging me an additional sum for the legal aspects of the Skipton mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee specified by Skipton?
Unfortunately, so long as it is in their Terms of Engagement or estimate then yes your property lawyer may charge a fee for this. This charge is not dictated by Skipton but by your Scarborough solicitor. Some firms on the Skipton panel will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.
I have instructed a Scarborough conveyancing practitioner having checked that they are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
Kent Reliance will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Kent Reliance 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. You may wish to consider appointing your own Scarborough surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.
I have todayfound out that Stirling Law have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Scarborough for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 18 months ago. How can I be sure that the property is not still registered in the name of the former proprietor?
The quickest way to see if the premises is registered to you, you can carry out 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 Scarborough conveyancing specialists.
I'm purchasing my first flat in Scarborough with the aid of help to buy. The sellers would not reduce the price so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The house builders rep suggested that I not disclose to my conveyancer about the side-deal as it will jeopardize my mortgage with the lender. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
We recently found out that one of the partners of the firm acting on the purchase conveyancing in Scarborough is an aunty of the owners that we are purchasing from. Is this allowed?
As long as no conflict arises this is permitted. Where you are obtaining mortgage finance then the mortgage company may have a say as many banks have specific requirements on this. For example for RBS - Direct Line as of 13/1/2026, the requirements read as follows :