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Choosing the right solicitor is the most important decision when it comes to your Shoreham By Sea conveyancing

5 reasons to let us help you choose a local conveyancing solicitor in Shoreham By Sea

  • 1 Shoreham By Sea conveyancers have a significant advantage when it comes to Shoreham By Sea conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that can impact your home move
  • 2 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these organisations are often based many miles away with little appreciation of the factors that affect property transactions in Shoreham By Sea
  • 3 Personal touch together with a wealth of expertise are key benefits that you should value when choosing conveyancing solicitors. Shoreham By Sea property deals can be made a lot more protracted because of lack of transparency between all the parties. The lawyers we work with ensure that communication channels are open and act on arising issues and developments quickly.
  • 4 Chances are that the the solicitors for the other party are located in Shoreham By Sea - if so both parties are likely to have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 5 Retaining the services of a high street Solicitor on the whole means that you will receive a more personal touch. Online forums often suggest that in choosing a an online conveyancing factory, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea since August 2024*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea

Unfortunately I am unable to travel far from Shoreham By Sea. What is the rationale as to why all Shoreham By Sea conveyancing practitioners aren't automatically on all bank panels?

Lenders normally impose restrictions on either the nature or the number of conveyancing practices on their panel. Frequent examples of such criteria being that a organisation needs to have two or more partners. In addition to restricting the nature of firm, some banks for example HSBC decided to limit the size of their panel they allow to act for them. It is worth noting that banks have no accountability for the standard of conveyancing provided by any Shoreham By Sea lawyer on their approved list. Increases in mortgage fraud was the main trigger for the culling of conveyancing panels from 2008 even though there are contrary points of view concerning the extent of solicitor involvement in some of that fraud. Statistics via the Land Registry exposes that thousands of conveyancing organisations only carry out one or two conveyances annually. Those advocating conveyancing panel pruning ask why law firms deserve any entitlement to be listed on a bank panel when it is evident that property law is not their primary expertise?

Do lenders provide you with an approved list of Shoreham By Sea conveyancing solicitors? How do you know who is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel?

Shoreham By Sea conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Kent Reliance directly.

Various web forums that I have frequented warn that are the number one reason for hinderance in Shoreham By Sea house deals. Is there any truth in this?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released determinations of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the common causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are not likely to feature in any holding up conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea.

2 months have gone by since my purchase conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the asset from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

How does conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea differ for newly converted properties?

Most buyers of new build property in Shoreham By Sea contact us having been asked by the builder to exchange contracts and commit to the purchase even before the house is ready to move into. This is because builders in Shoreham By Sea usually acquire the land, plan the estate and want to get the plots sold off as they are building the properties. Buyers, therefore, will have to exchange contracts without actually seeing the house they are buying. To reduce the chances of losing the property, buyers should instruct property lawyers as soon as the property is reserved and mortgage applications should be submitted quickly. Due to the fact that it could be several months and even years between exchange of contracts and completion, the mortgage offer may need to be extended. It would be wise to use a lawyer who specialises in new build conveyancing especially if they are accustomed to new build conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea or who has acted in the same development.

How do I identify a Shoreham By Sea solicitor on the Barclays conveyancing panel? I have a car and am happy to travel upto 10kilometers to meet the lawyer.

You can use the facility on this page. Please choose the bank and your location and you will see a number of Shoreham By Sea conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have listed some Shoreham By Sea conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can call them to check if they are on the Barclays panel

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Shoreham By Sea

The list below is a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Shoreham By Sea practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on service charge disputes and the right to manage

  • Hightrees Law, 26 Brighton Road, Shoreham, West Sussex, BN43 6RG
  • Engleharts, Vallance Hall, Hove Street, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2DE
  • Griffith Smith Conway, 154a Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2DL
  • Bennett Griffin Llp, Shelley House, 23 Warwick Street, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3DG
  • Goodlaw Solicitors, 6 The Drive, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 3JA

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Shoreham By Sea regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Shoreham By Sea specialising in commercial conveyancing in Shoreham By Sea. This could include advice on re-mortgaging commercial property
  • Robert Simon & Co, St Mary's House, St Mary's Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5ZA
  • Engleharts, Vallance Hall, Hove Street, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2DE
  • Acumen Business Law Limited, Regent House, Hove Street, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2DW
  • Griffith Smith Conway, 154a Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2DL
  • Dennis J Webb, 41 Longlands, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 9NW

Typically, Shoreham By Sea conveyancing for a purchase has some of the following tasks

  • Taking instructions from the appropriate parties
  • Checking the title unregistered or registered
  • Undertaking Shoreham By Sea conveyancing searches for the title
  • Assessing draft contract and other documentation received from the vendor’s lawyer
  • Raising enquiries with the seller’s lawyer
  • Agreeing the wording of the sale contract
  • Reviewing replies provided by the seller to pre-exchange enquiries
  • Negotiating the Transfer Deed for completion
  • Guiding the buyer in respect of the loan offer: (if applicable)
  • Drafting and sending the purchaser a report on title (that is; reporting to the buyer on the contents of the contract pack, pre-contract enquiries and the result of the searches)
  • Proceeding to exchange of contracts and then completion of the purchase
  • Completion of and submitting to HMRC the appropriate stamp duty forms and payment
  • Registering the buyer and the mortgage (if relevant) at the Land Registry.

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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