My previous lawyer has given a fee estimate £1700 for fixed fee conveyancing in Norbury. I’m hoping to sell a Victorian property for £175,000. This sounds over the top. Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in Norbury?
The estimate does seem marginally overpriced. If you shop around you could shave off some of the cost by perhaps £125. That being said, you maylive to rue choosing an an untested solicitor. Remember to check that the solicitor can represent your bank. You can use our comparison tool to locate a Norbury conveyancing company on the lender’s member panel which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Norbury.
I am under pressure from the mortgagee in possession of a property in Norbury to sign contracts within four weeks. What can I do to expedite matters?
In the event that you are under pressure for your conveyancing it is highly recommended that your lawyer is familiar with the area as they will make use of local contacts and intelligence. It is possible that they would have handled previoushouses in the same neighbourhood. Therefore consider using a Norbury conveyancing lawyer. Second, double check that the lawyer is on the lender panel. It is said that nearly one in five of Norbury conveyancing transactions are delayed or derailed after finding out that a purchaser’s lawyer was not on their mortgage lender’s panel. This can often result in the buying process being frustrated by an average of three weeks. It is understood that this issue impacts in the region of one hundred thousand home sales every year. Many Norbury conveyancing practices can not represent certain lenders so do check at the outset.
We are planning to buy with Loughborough BS. I visited a couple of high street solicitors yet am struggling to find a Norbury conveyancing firm on the Loughborough BS approved list. Please you assist?
Please do take advantage of the search tool on this web page. Please choose the mortgage company and type Norbury or your location and you will be presented with a number of lawyer offices in Norbury or near you.
I have been advised by two or three local estate agents in Norbury to locate a property lawyer using your seach tool. Is there a financial upside for Estate Agents to offer your site ahead of a competitor’s?
We don’t offer any referral fee for sending work our way. We thought it would be too underhand a fee because members of the public would think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.
Am I better off to go with a Norbury conveyancing solicitor who is local to the property I am buying? We have a good friend who can deal with the legal formalities however they are based over three hundred kilometers away.
The primary upside of using a local Norbury conveyancing practice is that you can pop in to execute documents, present your ID and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local knowledge which is a bonus. However it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If if people you trust instructed your friend and they were content that must trump using an unknown Norbury conveyancing lawyer just because they are local.
Is it true that a Norbury conveyancing solicitor taken to court by a client for failing to conduct the appropriate conveyancing investigations?
Our attention has not be brought to such a Norbury conveyancing matter but according to a recent report, a couple acquiring a property in Cumbria successfully won a case against their conveyancing practitioner as a consequence of development plans to erect a wind farm not being identified in conveyancing searches.
If you are buying in Norbury It is essential that your property lawyer purchase all Norbury conveyancing searches necessary making sure that you have accurate and up to date information before buying a property.