My partner’s mother is a conveyancing practitioner. I anticipate that I'll be able to get mate’s fee for conveyancing, However if that does not come materialise, what level of figure would I typically be looking at for conveyancing in Southampton?
You should contrast pricing. Do use our search tool on this page. Whilst fees seem to contrast greatly but the service one can expect are distinct between conveyancers as is the case with most professions.
Our god-son is in the process of securing a house that has just been built in Southampton with a mortgage from RBS. His solicitor has said that there is a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. This document is news to me - what is it and who needs sight of it?
The form is intended to provide information to the main parties engaged in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the RBS conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when requested. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the RBS conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
Can I use your services to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in Southampton even where I’m not buying or selling a house, for example if I want to buy an office in Southampton with a loan from Aldermore?
Our search tool is mainly there to find residential conveyancing solicitors in Southampton but we have set out at the end of this page a few Southampton commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to speak with the company directly to see if they are also authorised to represent Aldermore
My home in Southampton is up for sale and I have a buyer. Will the solicitor have to be required to be on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel in order to deal with paying off my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Kent Reliance 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 in recent years.
I have been told that property searches are the primary cause of delay in Southampton house deals. Is this right?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released conclusions of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the top 10 causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Searches are not likely to be the root cause of delay in conveyancing in Southampton.
We're novice buyers - agreed a price, but the agent informed us that the seller will only go ahead if we use the agent's recommended lawyers as they need an ‘expedited deal’. We would rather use a family conveyancer who is accustomed to conveyancing in Southampton
It is unlikely the owners are behind this. Should the seller desire ‘a quick sale', alienating a motivated purchaser is counter productive. Speak to the owners direct and make sure they understand (a)you are motivated purchasers (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are unencumbered (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you are going to appoint your own,trusted Southampton conveyancing lawyers - as opposed tothose that will earn their negotiator at the agency a commission or achieve conveyancing thresholds pre-set by head office.