We were just about to exchange contracts for a freehold house in Newburn. We encountered a stumbling block. Our mortgage offer with Bank of Ireland expires on 30/6/2025 but the sellers are putting forward a completion date of 2/7/2025. Is it possible to extend the loan expiry date?
The person best placed to address this issue is your conveyancer who will hopefully determine whether he or she is should be discussing with the lender, seller’s lawyers, estate agents or conceivably all three given the history of your house move as of today.
My Conveyancer in Newburn is not listed on the Nottingham Building Society Approved Panel. Is it possible for me to retain my family solicitor even though they are not on the Nottingham Building Society approved list?
Your options are as follows:
- Carry on with your existing Newburn solicitors but Nottingham Building Society will need to retain a conveyancer on their panel. This will inevitably rack up the overall conveyancing charges and result in frustration.
- Find a new lawyer to to deal with the purchase, not forgetting to check they are Nottingham Building Society approved.
- Persuade your Nottingham Building Society solicitor to try to join the Nottingham Building Society panel
I used Action Conveyancing a few years ago for my conveyancing in Newburn. I now require my papers but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Newburn of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
How do I search for a Newburn solicitor on the Halifax conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am prepared to travel upto 10miles to meet the conveyancer.
Feel free to make use of the search on this website. Please choose the mortgage company and your location and you will see a number of Newburn conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have detailed some Newburn conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can ring them to check whether they are on the Halifax panel
As co-executor for the estate of my grandmother I am disposing of a residence in Newport but live in Newburn. My conveyancer (based 235 kilometers from mehas requested that I execute a stat dec before completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Newburn who can attest this legal document for me?
Technically speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are located in Newburn
I am on look out for some leasehold conveyancing in Newburn. Before I get started I require certainty as to the unexpired term of the lease.
If the lease is recorded at the land registry - and most are in Newburn - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.
I acquired a 2 bed flat in Newburn, conveyancing having been completed July 2003. Can you let me have an estimate of the premium that my landlord can legally expect in return for granting a renewal of my lease? Comparable flats in Newburn with a long lease are worth £197,000. The ground rent is £55 invoiced every year. The lease expires on 21st October 2079
With just 54 years unexpired the likely cost is going to range between £32,300 and £37,400 as well as legals.
The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we cannot give you a more accurate figure in the absence of detailed due diligence. You should not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt additional concerns that need to be taken into account and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Neither should you move forward based on this information without first getting professional advice.