Having sold my house in Westhoughton last May yet the purchaser is SMS messaging me complaining that their solicitor is waiting to hear from mine. What should have happened now that I have sold?
Following your disposal your lawyer should deliver the transfer deeds and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Where appropriate, your conveyancer should also evidence that the mortgage has been paid off to the purchasers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion steps just for conveyancing in Westhoughton.
I have justdiscovered that Arc property Solicitors have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Westhoughton for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 18 months ago. How can I check that my home is in my name in the name of the former proprietor?
The quickest way to check if the property is in your name, 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 Westhoughton conveyancing specialists.
I'm purchasing my first flat in Westhoughton benefiting from help to buy. The builders refused to budge the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The property agent advised me not inform my solicitor about the deal as it would put at risk my loan with the lender. Is this normal?.
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.
How difficult is it to transfer to a new solicitor as I have to instruct one who is on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society conveyancing list. I was using a local conveyancing solicitor in Westhoughton round the corner but he is not approved by Norwich and Peterborough Building Society
We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Westhoughton on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society panel. Please note that the property lawyers that we work with do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Westhoughton. In making use of the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this site, you can compare costs for conveyancing solicitors in Westhoughton and throughout England and Wales.
Should I go with a Westhoughton conveyancing solicitor who is local to the property I am hoping to buy? I have an old university friend who can carry out the legal formalities however her office is 400miles drive away.
The primary upside of using a local Westhoughton conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to execute documents, hand in your ID and apply pressure on them where appropriate. Having local Westhoughton know how is a plus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If you know people who used your friend and on the whole were happy that should trump using an unknown Westhoughton conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being local.
I need to find a bank panel solicitor in Westhoughton. Could you help me?
It is not clear why you need a Westhoughton panel solicitor but in any event, if you can not find one on our search tool you will need to speak directly to the bank to find out which solicitors in Westhoughton are on their panel . If you do find such a firm in Westhoughton not listed please direct them to our site to list. At a fee of one pound per month it is not expensive to register on the site