I am under pressure from the mortgagee in possession of a property in Crowborough to complete within four weeks. What can I do to accelerate the legal process?
First, If the seller is applying pressure to exchange it is advisable to make sure that your lawyer is familiar with the area as they will make use of local connections and intelligence. It is even conceivable that they may have conducted previousproperties in the same street. Therefore consider using a Crowborough conveyancing lawyer. Second, double check that the conveyancing firm is on the lender panel. It is claimed that 18% of Crowborough conveyancing transactions are suspended or derailed after discovering a purchaser’s solicitor was not on their mortgage lender’s list of approved solicitors. In many cases this discovery resulted in the transaction being held up by as much as three weeks. It is estimated that this issue affects approximately one hundred thousand home sales annually. Most Crowborough conveyancing practices can not act for certain lenders so do check at the outset.
The deeds to my property can not be found. The conveyancers who did the conveyancing in Crowborough 10 years ago have long since closed. What do I do?
These day there are copies made of almost everything, and your conveyancer will know precisely where to look for all the relevant paperwork so you can purchase or dispose of your house without any difficulty. Where duplicates can’t be found, your solicitor can arrange cover in the form of insurance or indemnities protecting you against future claims on your property.
The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Crowborough. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.
Here are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Crowborough
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Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. The Vendor must covenant to keep unoccupied units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease.
I'm refinancing my primary home to a BTL loan with Skipton Building Society and I will use the rest of the raised equity towards another property. The location we are talking about is Crowborough. Will your solicitors be able to act for the two lenders and link together the conveyances?
Make use of our search tool on this page to be sure that the lawyers are approved by both banks. Having checked that they are your solicitor will be able to simultaneously deal with the two transactions but you should talk with you solicitor and make clear your desired outcome and requirements.
As co-executor for the will of my father I am selling a house in Cardiff but reside in Crowborough. My conveyancer (based 200 miles awayhas requested that I execute a statutory declaration before the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in Crowborough to attest this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Crowborough based
My fiance and I are hoping to buy a three bedroom ground floor flatin Crowborough with a home loan from a lender. We would like to retain our solicitor in Crowborough however our mortgage company advise she’s not listed on their "panel". It seems we have little choice but to instruct from the our lender panel firms or stay with our Crowborough solicitor and incur the extra fees for one of their panel ones to represent our bank. We feel as though this is unjust; Can we not simply insist that our bank use our Crowborough lawyer?
No, not really. The lender mortgage offered to you is subject to conditions, one of which will be that lawyers will on the mortgage company's conveyancing panel. Until recently, most banks had open panels, including many conveyancing solicitors in Crowborough : a mortgagee could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. Another option that might be available is for your solicitors to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for your mortgage company.