The Wheatley conveyancing lawyers that I appointed last week on my house acquisition in Wheatley have without warning closed. They were on acting for me because I had to have a firm on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel and my previous Wheatley lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take £195 for searches. What should be my next steps?
If you have an estate agent involved then let them know straight away so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will 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 Clydesdale 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 solicitors may be able to assist.
My lawyer has informed me that lack of right of way insurance is needed on my purchase. What is the level of cover for Wheatley conveyancing?
The right level of lack of right of way indemnity insurance should be dictated by who who your lender is. It would differ for example between Yorkshire Building Society and Bank of Scotland. Conveyancing lawyers as opposed to borrowers take out such insurances.
Is it correct that all Wheatley CQS (Conveyancing Quality Scheme) solicitors are on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel?
It is true that some banks and building societies now utilise CQS as the starting point for Panel membership such as HSBC and Santander. CQS accreditation however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. That being said,the CML have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for firms wishing to remain on their approved list of firms.
About to purchase apartment in Wheatley. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.
They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Wheatley property lawyer is on the Lloyds conveyancing panel.
The deeds to my property can not be found. The lawyers who handled the conveyancing in Wheatley 4 years ago no longer exist. What do I do?
As long as the title is registered the information relating to your ownership will be documented by HMLR with a Title Number. It is easy to conduct a search at the Land Registry, identify your property and secure current copies of the Registered Entries for less than a fiver. If the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases retain a certified duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be ordered for £20 inclusive of VAT.
I opted to have a survey completed on a house in Wheatley before retaining conveyancers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the house. Our surveyor advised that some lenders may refuse to issue a loan on a flying freehold home.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different instructions from Birmingham Midshires. If you contact us we can investigate further via the appropriate lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Wheatley. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Wheatley to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.
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We're new on the property ladder - had an offer accepted, yet the estate agent has warned us that the owners will only move forward if we instruct their preferred solicitors as they need a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a family solicitor accustomed to conveyancing in Wheatley
We suspect that the seller is not behind this ultimatum. If they require ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a genuine purchaser is going to damage their objectives. Try to communicate with the owners directly and make sure they comprehend that (a)you are genuine purchasers (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances arranged © you do not need to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you intend to appoint your preferred Wheatley conveyancing solicitors - as opposed tothose that will give the estate agent a commission or meet his conveyancing figures set by corporate headquarters.