We are purchasing a house and require a conveyancing solicitor in St Ives who is on the Barclays solicitor panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a conveyancing firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Barclays . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in St Ives.
Are all St Ives Conveyancing Quality Solicitors on the Skipton conveyancing list of approved firms?
A selection of lenders now utilise CQS as the kick off point for Panel membership such as HSBC and Santander. CQS membership however gives no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. Nevertheless,the CML have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for firms wishing to join their approved list of firms.
Can you point me to a directory of Santander panel solicitors in St Ives on the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook Website?
No. There is no such facility on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association sites. A small selection of banks make their panel listings visible over the internet. If you are seeking to appoint a St Ives solicitor on the Santander please make the most of our facility.
After months of negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment in St Ives. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £150. Shortly after, the solicitor called me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Santander conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Santander panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
It has been 3 months since my purchase conveyancing in St Ives took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the property from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
What does commercial conveyancing in St Ives cover?
St Ives conveyancing for business premises incorporates a wide range of advice, given by regulated solicitors, relating to business property. For instance, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more commonly, the assignment of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of tenancies.
Am I better off to choose a St Ives conveyancing solicitor in close proximity to the house I am hoping to buy? We have a good friend who can carry out the legal formalities but his firm is located 400kilometers away.
The primary upside of using a high street St Ives conveyancing practice is that you can drop in to execute documents, deliver your ID and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local knowledge which is a plus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If other friends have instructed your friend and in the main were impressed that should trump using an unknown St Ives conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being St Ives based.
The conveyancing solicitors handling our conveyancing in St Ives has forwarded documents to review that indicate that the land is unregistered with epitome documents. Is it not the case that all houses in St Ives are registered?
The majority of property in St Ives is registered. An 'epitome' is basically a dossier of photocopies of documents affecting an unregistered title. Many St Ives conveyancing lawyers will be capable of dealing with this type of conveyancing but if any uncertainty prevails the prevailing recommendation nowadays is for the seller to deal with the registration formalities first and subsequently deal with the disposal - this this chain of events will result in a significant delay.