Is it possible for conveyancing in Fortis Green to be completed in 3 weeks?
Where the seller is applying pressure for your conveyancing it is advisable to make sure that your lawyer is familiar with the area as they will make use of local contacts and insight. It is even conceivable that they could have handled otherhouses in the same road. You would be best advised to use a Fortis Green conveyancing lawyer. In addition, check that the conveyancing firm is on the on the approved list for your mortgage company. It is understood that 18% of Fortis Green conveyancing transactions are held up or derailed after finding out that a purchaser’s solicitor was not on their mortgage lender’s panel. This can often result in the buying process being held up by as much as 21 days. It is said that this issue affects in the region of 100,000 home moves annually. Many Fortis Green conveyancing firms can not represent certain mortgage companies so do check at the outset.
Finally the sale completed on my house in Fortis Green last August yet the purchaser is whats apping me to moan that her lawyer is waiting to hear from mine. What should have happened now that I have sold?
Following your disposal your solicitor should deliver the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor should also confirm that the home loan has been repaid to the purchasers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion requirements specific conveyancing in Fortis Green.
The Fortis Green conveyancing lawyers that I appointed last week on my house acquisition in Fortis Green have without warning shut down. I chose them because I had to have a solicitor on the UBS conveyancing panel and my previous Fortis Green lawyer was not. I cut them a cheque for two hundred pounds in advance. What are my options?
If you have an estate agent involved then inform them immediately so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the UBS conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors should be in a position to help.
Are all Fortis Green Conveyancing Quality Solicitors on the Santander conveyancing panel?
It is true that some banks and building societies now utilise the accreditation scheme as the kick off point for Panel approval such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS accreditation however gives no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. That being said,the CML have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for solicitor practices wishing to join their panels.
Does a directory service exist listing Kent Reliance panel conveyancers in Fortis Green on the Council of Mortgage Lender’s Website?
No. There is no such tool on the CML or Building Society Association sites. A small selection of lending institutions make their panel listings open the public over the internet. Where you are seeking to appoint a Fortis Green solicitor on the Kent Reliance please make the most of our tool.
We have agreed to purchase a house in Fortis Green. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Co-operative be concerned?
As you are obtaining a mortgage with Co-operative your lawyer must comply with the formal instructions set out in Section 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Co-operative. The CML Handbook sets out minimum specifications for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancers are required to report to Co-operative where a lease does not comply with these conditions. The conditions relate to the installation of panels on properties in England and Wales and is not restricted to Fortis Green.
Should our lawyer be raising questions regarding flooding as part of the conveyancing in Fortis Green.
Flooding is a growing risk for lawyers dealing with homes in Fortis Green. There are those who acquire a house in Fortis Green, fully aware that at some time, it may be flooded. However, aside from the physical damage, if a house is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, satisfactory building insurance, or dispose of the premises. There are steps that can be taken during the course of a property purchase to forewarn the purchaser.
Solicitors are not best placed to offer advice on flood risk, but there are a various checks that may be undertaken by the buyer or on a buyer’s behalf which should give them a better appreciation of the risks in Fortis Green. The standard information sent to a purchaser’s lawyer (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) includes a usual question of the seller to determine if the property has ever been flooded. If flooding has previously occurred which is not notified by the vendor, then a buyer could issue a compensation claim resulting from an incorrect answer. The buyer’s conveyancers will also order an enviro search. This will indicate whether there is a recorded flood risk. If so, further investigations will need to be conducted.
We recently discovered that one of the partners of the law firm acting on the purchase conveyancing in Fortis Green is related to the seller. Is this allowed?
On the basis that there is no conflict of interest this is permitted. Where you are obtaining mortgage finance then the mortgage company may have a say as many mortgage companies have specific requirements on this. For example for Royal Bank of Scotland as of 25/11/2025, the requirements read as follows :