I am purchasing a newly built apartment in Audlem and my lawyer is informing me that she has to the bank to disclose incentives from the seller. I am under pressure to exchange and I would rather not delay matters. is my lawyer playing by the book?
You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your lawyer. A precondition to being on a lender panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook specifications. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
Finally the sale completed on my house in Audlem last October but our buyer keeps telephoning daily to say his conveyancer is waiting to hear from mine. What are the post completion sale legalities now that I have sold?
Post completion of your sale your solicitor is committed to deliver the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Where relevant, your lawyer should also evidence that the mortgage has been paid off to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion steps unique to conveyancing in Audlem.
Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Audlem. My lender is Accord Mortgages
Accord Mortgages have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 20/12/2025, the requirements read as follows :
I have recentlyfound out that Arc property Solicitors have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in Audlem for a purchase of a freehold house 9 months ago. How can I establish that the property is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?
The easiest way to see 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 Audlem conveyancing specialists.
Do I need to be wary by third parties that I am dealing with are encouraging me to use a factory type conveyancing firm as opposed to a High Street Audlem conveyancing firm?
As is the case with many service providers, often suggestions from connections can be worth their weight in gold. But there are numerous people with a keen interest in a conveyancing matter; estate agents, mortgage brokers and lenders may recommend solicitors to choose. On occasion the conveyancers might be known to one of the organisations as one of the best in their field, but sometimes there might be a commercial relationship behind the endorsement. You are free to appoint your own conveyancer. Don't forget that some banks have an approved list of lawyers you have to use for the lender aspect of your home move.
I am Googling for Audlem competitive conveyancing fees. Can I be confident that all the Audlem firms that are identified on your website are on the mortgage company conveyancing panel?
The law firms listed on our site have advised us that they are on the mortgage company panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the lender panel. To date we have not been informed by either a bank or a member of the public that the data about a specific Audlem conveyancing solicitor being on the bank conveyancing panel is not accurate.