How do I find the right lawyer who can give a high level service for my conveyancing in Yaxley?
Option 1 is to ask your friends and family whom they would seek assistance from.
Second, look on the internet for conveyancing in Yaxley. Telephone two or three from the list and ask them to send you their conveyancing fee calculations and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will conduct your conveyancing beforemaking your choice.
Third is to make use of our search tool to help you find the right solicitors for you based on your own requirements including location,speed, complications and who the proposed mortgage company is. Don't take the bait of £100 conveyancing in Yaxley
I am told that my conveyancing solicitors will need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Yaxley. My lender is Nationwide Building Society
Nationwide Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 24/1/2025, the requirements read as follows :
How can we know in advance if a Yaxley conveyancing solicitor on the Coventry BS panel is any good?
When it comes to conveyancing in Yaxley getting recommendations is a sensible starting point. Before you go ahead, check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also, you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more, will often provide a better service than one which is cheap as chips. We would always recommend that you speak with the solicitor carrying out your conveyancing.
We have a mortgage agreed in principle with Principality. Yaxley conveyancing solicitors are instructed. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Principality?
There is no definitive answer here. Have Principality conducted the valuation? Have you advised Principality as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Principality conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.
Nationwide have agreed my home loan in principle, my offer on a apartment in Yaxley has been agreed to, now what?
Your estate agent will wish to be informed of your property lawyer's details (ensure that the conveyancers are on the bank’s approved list). Telephone Nationwide or the financial adviser and complete any appropriate forms. Nationwide will appoint a valuer who will get in touch with the estate agent or vendor to book a slot for the valuation to take place. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes about ten days to get a mortgage offer. Nationwide will issue the offer to you and your property lawyers. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Yaxley.
Should commercial conveyancing searches reveal impending roadworks that could affect a commercial land in Yaxley?
Its becoming the norm that commercial conveyancing solicitors in Yaxley will carry out a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers invest in investigating accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Yaxley. The search result sets out definitive information on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Yaxley.
For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Yaxley it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been dealt with adequately could cause delays to Yaxley commercial conveyancing transactions as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not conducted for residential conveyancing in Yaxley.
I am buying my first flat in Yaxley benefiting from help to buy. The developers refused to reduce the amount so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The sale representative told me not reveal to my conveyancer about this side-deal as it would impact my mortgage with Barclays Direct. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer 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.
I am selling my home. My previous lawyers have shut. It would be helpful to have a recommendation of a conveyancing firm. I happen to live in Yaxley if that makes a difference.
Do use our search tool to help you choose a solicitor for your conveyancing in Yaxley. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with regulated solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move runs smoothly.