We see that you have a search directory listing firms on the TSB conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our conveyancing in Petts Wood?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the TSB conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Petts Wood.
I am selling my apartment in Petts Wood. Does the property lawyer need to be required to be on the Principality conveyancing panel in order to deal with repayment of my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Principality 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 panel criteria fairly frequently currently.
I am assisting my sister sell her property in Petts Wood. Does the conveyancer commission an energy assessment or it is for me to see to?
After the abolition of Home Packs, energy assessments was retained a mandatory component of selling a property. An energy assessment must be commissioned prior to the property being advertised. This is not a task that conveyancers ordinarily arrange. If you are instructing a Petts Wood conveyancing practitioner they might be willing to arrange EPC’s given their relationships with reputable local energy assessors
I am the sole beneficiary of my late father’s will and I have everything in my name now, including the my former home in Petts Wood. The Petts Wood property was put into my name in January. I want to move. I understand that there is a Mortgage Lenders 6 month 'rule', which means that my proprietorship will be considered the same way as if I'd bought the house in January. Is the property unsalable for six months?
The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ handbook obliges 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 might be caught by that. How sensible a view mortgage companies take of it, depend on the lender as this requirement chiefly exists to identify subsales or the quick reselling of property.
My husband and I have arranged a further advance on our home loan from Leeds Building Society as we want to carry out a loft conversion to our home in Petts Wood. Do we need to choose a high street Petts Wood solicitor on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel to handle the legals?
Leeds Building Society don't usually instruct firms on their approved list of lawyers to deal with the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Leeds Building Society panel.
What does a local search inform me about the property we're purchasing in Petts Wood?
Petts Wood conveyancing often starts with the applying for local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search organisations such as Searches UK The local search plays an important part in many a Petts Wood conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any unpleasant surprises after you move into your new home. The search will reveal information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of 13 subject areas.
What tools are available to search for a Petts Wood solicitor on the Barclays conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am prepared to travel upto 20miles to meet the conveyancer.
You can use the search on this page. Please pick a mortgage company and your location and you will see a number of Petts Wood conveyancing lawyers locally. We have listed some Petts Wood conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can telephone them to see if they are on the Barclays panel
My husband and I are novice buyers - agreed a price, but the estate agent told us that the vendor will only issue a contract if we use the agent's recommended conveyancers as they need an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a family conveyancer used to conveyancing in Petts Wood
We suspect that the owner is not behind this request. Should the owner desire ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a serious buyer is likely to cause more damage than good. Bypass the agents and go straight to the sellers and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you do not need to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you intend to use your preferred Petts Wood conveyancing solicitors - rather thanthose that will earn the estate agent a kickback or achieve conveyancing targets demanded by corporate headquarters.