Completed the sale of my flat in Boscombe last February yet the purchaser is telephoning daily to say their solicitor needs to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?
Following your house sale your lawyer should send the transfer deeds and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. If applicable, your conveyancer must also send confirmation that the home loan has been repaid to the purchasers lawyers. There is unlikely to be post completion formalities specific conveyancing in Boscombe.
We wanted to use a conveyancing solicitor in Boscombe for our home move. Our broker has since notified us that our mortgage company Alliance & Leicester won't deal with them. Why is this not regarded as unfair competition?
Pre- 2008 most lenders had a different appetite for risk. Almost all Boscombe conveyancing firms would have been on most lender panels. The FSA in 2010 conducted a thematic review into mortgage fraud which come to the conclusion: know the conveyancing solicitors dealt with. Consequently, mortgage companies are increasingly seeing more data from law firms regarding their operations and their employees as well as set certain criteria such a completing on a minimum amount of conveyancing. Many Boscombe conveyancing firms that have been excluded from lender panels have a 100% healthy track record, no complaints and no claims and didn't just 'dabble' in conveyancing. Boscombe is one of the thousands of locations where the solicitors we list are are approved Alliance & Leicester .
What does a local search tell me about the house I am purchasing in Boscombe?
Boscombe conveyancing often starts with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search organisations such as Onsearch The local search plays a central role in most Boscombe conveyancing purchase; as long as you wish to avoid any nasty once you have moved into your new home. The search will supply data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen subject headings.
What tools are available to locate a Boscombe law firm on the Britannia conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am prepared to travel upto 10miles to meet the lawyer.
You can use the search on this website. Please select a lender and your location and you will see a number of Boscombe conveyancing lawyers locally. We have detailed some Boscombe conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can contact them to check whether they are on the Britannia member panel
I am looking for a conveyancing solicitor in Boscombe for my house move. Is it possible to see a solicitor's complaints history with the profession’s regulator?
Anyone can see presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions resulting from investigations started on or after 1 January 2008. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For records about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's record, telephone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator may monitor call for training requirements.
I was told by my mortgage company that their panel lawyers operate no sale no fee basis for conveyancing in Boscombe. Our purchase aborted yet the solicitors have requested search fees! They say the fees are nothing to do with their fees!
Boscombe conveyancing search charges are separate expenses not legal costs as these are due to a third party.