My wife and I are hoping to acquire a house in Wadhurst and have instructed a Wadhurst conveyancing firm. Within the last couple of days our solicitor has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through with a view to exchanging next week. Britannia have this morning contacted us to inform me that they have now hit a problem as our Wadhurst solicitor is not on their approved list of lawyers. Is this a problem?
If you are buying a property with the assistance of a mortgage it is conventional for the purchasers' lawyers to also represent the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your property lawyer should contact your lender and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own solicitors to act. You don't have to instruct a firm on the lender’s conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Wadhurst lawyers, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it will likely delay the transaction as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.
Finally the sale completed on my house in Wadhurst last September yet the purchaser is Skype messaging me complaining that their lawyer needs to hear from mysolicitor. What are the post completion sale formalities following completion?
Following your house sale your solicitor should send the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor must also evidence that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been paid off to the purchasers solicitors. There are no post completion requirements specific conveyancing in Wadhurst.
The Wadhurst conveyancing lawyers that I recently instructed on my house acquisition in Wadhurst have without warning shut down. They were on acting for me because I needed a firm on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel and my family Wadhurst lawyer was not. I cut them a cheque for £250 in advance. What should be my next steps?
Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then inform them straight away so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers should be in a position to assist.
Should our lawyer be asking questions regarding flooding as part of the conveyancing in Wadhurst.
Flooding is a growing risk for solicitors dealing with homes in Wadhurst. There are those who buy a property in Wadhurst, completely aware that at some time, it may be flooded. However, aside from the physical destruction, if a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to get a mortgage, adequate building insurance, or sell the property. There are steps that can be taken during the course of a house purchase to forewarn the purchaser.
Lawyers are not best placed to impart advice on flood risk, but there are a various searches that can be initiated by the buyer or on a buyer’s behalf which can give them a better understanding of the risks in Wadhurst. The conventional set of completed inquiry forms given to a buyer’s lawyer (where the solicitors are adopting what is known as the Conveyancing Protocol) includes a standard question of the owner to discover whether the premises has suffered from flooding. In the event that flooding has previously occurred which is not disclosed by the seller, then a purchaser may issue a compensation claim stemming from an inaccurate answer. The buyer’s solicitors may also carry out an enviro search. This should indicate if there is a recorded flood risk. If so, further investigations will need to be made.
I'm buying my first flat in Wadhurst benefiting from help to buy. The sellers refused to budge the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of extras instead. The estate agent advised me not inform my solicitor about this deal as it will affect my mortgage with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
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