Do the conveyancing lawyers revealed through your ’find a lawyer’ tool conduct right to buy conveyancing in Bedfordshire?
We have identified plenty of conveyancing conveyancers who can service right to buy transactions Please call the conveyancers listed to get a costs illustration.
Me and my partner are purchasing a flat in Bedfordshire. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a solicitor? At some point we have to put funds into their account. What is the protection we have from them run away with our monies?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Bedfordshire. My mortgage broker suggested a lawyer. I paid an advanced payment of £150. A few days later, the conveyancer called me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Barclays panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
I was told four weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by HSBC. Is it usual for HSBC to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Bedfordshire is approved on their conveyancing panel? HSBC have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their PI Insurance.
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for HSBC to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the HSBC conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I have been told that property searches are the primary cause of stalling in Bedfordshire conveyancing transactions. Is that correct?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published determinations of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature within the common causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Searches are not likely to be the root cause of delay in conveyancing in Bedfordshire.
I purchased my apartment on 4 February and the transaction details are still not registered. Should I be concerned? My conveyancing solicitor in Bedfordshire advises it will be formalised in less than a month. Are properties in Bedfordshire particularly slow to register?
As far as conveyancing in Bedfordshire is concerned, registration is no quicker or slower than the rest of England and Wales. Rather than based on location, timeframes can vary subject to the party submitting the application, whether it is in order and if the Land registry must send notices to any interested persons or bodies. Currently roughly 80% of submission are fully addressed within 12 days but some can be subject to protracted hold-ups. Registration takes place once the purchaser has moved in to the property therefore an expedited registration is not typically an essential issue but if there is a degree of urgency associated with the registration then you or your conveyancer can contact the land registry and explain the circumstances.
Is it simple use your search facility to select a conveyancing lawyer in Bedfordshire on the approved list for my lender?
1st select a bank such as Halifax, Virgin Money or Godiva Mortgages Ltd then type in your preferred area such as Bedfordshire. Conveyancing organisations in Bedfordshire and further afield will then be identified.
The conveyancers conducting our conveyancing in Bedfordshire has forwarded papers to review that show the property is unregistered with epitome documents. Surely all houses in Bedfordshire should be registered?
Whilst most properties in Bedfordshire are now registered with HM Land Registry there are still some that are unregistered. Any property in Bedfordshire that has been purchased since the late 1980’s will have been registered at the HMLR under the compulsory ‘first registration’ scheme. However, if a Bedfordshire property has not changed hands in that time then it’s likely the old fashioned title deeds will be the only evidence of ownership.Plenty of Bedfordshire conveyancing lawyers should be familiar with such matters but where uncertainty exists the prevailing recommendation nowadays is for the vendor’s solicitor to register the title first and then deal with the dispose of the property to the purchaser - this this chain of events will cause a prolonged transaction.