We are selling our home in Newham. Does my lawyer have to be required to be on the Skipton conveyancing panel in order to deal with the discharge of my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Skipton conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their conditions fairly frequently currently.
My father informed me that in buying a property in Newham there may be various restrictions as to what one can do in terms of external changes to a property. Is this right?
We are aware of a number of properties in Newham which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to perform external changes. Part of the conveyancing in Newham should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.
I happen to be the only recipient of my late grandmother’s estate and I have everything in my name alone, including the house in Newham. The Newham property was put into my name in August. I plan to dispose of the property. I do know about the CML six month 'rule', meaning my property ownership will be treated the same way as though I had purchased the property in August. Is the property unsalable for six months?
The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook instructs conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you could be caught by that. How practical a view mortgage companies take of it, depend on the bank as this requirement is principally there to pick up on subsales or the wholesaling and assigning of properties.
My wife and I have organised a further advance on our home loan from Virgin Money as we intend to carry out renovations to our property in Newham. Do we need to select a high street Newham solicitor on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?
Virgin Money don't usually require a member of their conveyancing panel to deal with such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel.
My wife and I own a semi-detached Edwardian property in Newham. Conveyancing practitioner represented me and Britannia. I did a free Land Registry search last week and I saw two entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold under the exact same property. Is it worth asking Britannia to clarify?
You need to read the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register for mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Newham and other areas of the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they mortgage they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with buyers. You can also question the situation with your conveyancing lawyer who conducted the purchase.
About to purchase a new build flat in Newham. Conveyancing is necessary evil 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 conveyancing.
Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Newham
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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. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier? Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared.
Hoping to buy a property located in Newham and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Newham. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Newham area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?
Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Newham. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found
There are only Sixty One years unexpired on my flat in Newham. I now want to get lease extension but my landlord is can not be found. What should I do?
If you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can submit an application to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be granted an extra 90 years by the Court. You will be obliged to prove that you have done all that could be expected to find the landlord. For most situations an enquiry agent should be helpful to carry out a search and prepare a report to be used as proof that the freeholder can not be located. It is wise to seek advice from a solicitor both on devolving into the landlord’s absence and the vesting order request to the County Court covering Newham.
Following months of correspondence we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Newham. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?
Most certainly. We can put you in touch with a Newham conveyancing firm who can help.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Newham property is 46 Credon Road in January 2014. On 11 September 2013 Deputy District Judge Price sitting at the Bow County Court made a vesting order that the freeholder surrender his lease and be granted a new lease of the Premises on such terms as may be determined by the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).The appropriate sum as concluded by the Tribunal was £7225 This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired lease term was 69.77 years.