My previous conveyancer has given a fee calculation of £1700 for fixed fee conveyancing in Flintshire. I’m hoping to sell a modern house for £225,000. This sounds too much. Is it in excess of the norm for conveyancing in Flintshire?
The charges are a bit high. If you shop around you might trim some of the cost by perhaps £100 plus VAT. On the other hand, you maylive to rue opting for an an unknown solicitor. Remember to ensure that the firm can also act for your mortgage company. You can utilise our search tool to select a Flintshire conveyancing firm on the lender’s member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Flintshire.
The property market in Flintshire is hotting up. What can I do to speed up matters?
First, If you are under time constraints for your conveyancing it is highly recommended that your lawyer is familiar with the location as they will benefit local relationships and intelligence. It is even conceivable that they would have handled previoushouses in the same road. You would be best advised to use a Flintshire conveyancing solicitor. Second, make sure that the lawyer is on the lender panel. It is estimated that just under twenty per cent of Flintshire conveyancing transactions are suspended or derailed after discovering a buyer’s solicitor was not on their banks panel. In many cases this discovery resulted in the transaction being held up by as much as 21 days. It is estimated that this issue impacts in the region of one hundred thousand home sales every year. Many Flintshire conveyancing firms can not act for certain lenders so do check as early as possible.
Do all mortgage companies provide you with an approved list of Flintshire conveyancing solicitors? How do you know who is on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel?
Flintshire conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Clydesdale directly.
we are a couple who are buying a 2 bedroom apartment in Flintshire with a mortgage from The Mortgage Works.We have a Flintshire conveyancing lawyer but The Mortgage Works advised that he's not listed on their approved list of firms. It seems we have little choice but to instruct a The Mortgage Works panel firm or retain our high street solicitor and fork out for one of their panel ones to represent them. We feel as though this is unjust; is there anything we can do?
No, not really. The mortgage offered to you contains terms and conditions, a common one being that solicitors will be on the The Mortgage Works approved list. in the past, most mortgage companies had large numbers of law firms on their panels: a borrower 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 The Mortgage Works
Various web forums that I have come across warn that are the number one reason for delay in Flintshire conveyancing transactions. Is this right?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the common causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are unlikely to be the root cause of holding up conveyancing in Flintshire.
As co-executor for the estate of my grandmother I am disposing of a residence in Swansea but reside in Flintshire. My conveyancer (based 300 miles from merequires that I execute a statutory declaration before completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Flintshire who can witness and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are unlikely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Flintshire based