The lawyer who dealt with my previous purchase has given a fee estimate £1150 for fixed fee conveyancing in Kimbolton. I’m looking to sell a Victorian house for £150,000. This sounds too much. Is it in excess of what I should be paying for conveyancing in Kimbolton?

The charges are a bit high. Where you are willing to spend time comparing charges you could shave off some of the expense by as much as a hundred pounds. That being said, you maylive to regret choosing an an unknown lawyer. Remember to ensure the solicitor can also act for your mortgage company. Do use our comparison tool to choose a Kimbolton conveyancing company on the banks approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Kimbolton.

At what point can the exchange of contracts happen for purchase conveyancing in Kimbolton and am I required to attend the solicitors office?

If you are in close proximity to one of the conveyancing solicitors in Kimbolton you are invited in to sign documents. That being said, the lender approved solicitors we recommend offer a countrywide conveyancing service and provide just as diligent and professional a job for you when communicating with you electronically. The executing of the purchase agreement is not the critical part. Signing on the dotted line simply enables the solicitor to exchange contracts at the appropriate time, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The procedure is nowadays normally dealt with by telephone and can be very rapid, although where a lengthy "chain" is in the mix, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Kimbolton)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

I'm the only recipient of my late grandmother’s will with all property in now in my sole name, including the my former home in Kimbolton. The Kimbolton property was put into my name in . I want to move. I do know about the CML six month 'rule', meaning my property ownership may be regarded the same way as if I'd bought the house in . Do I have to wait 6 months to sell?

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 may be impacted by that. Some lenders would take a practical view as this obligation is primarily there to pick up on subsales or the flipping of properties.

It is unclear whether my lender requires a lease extension. I have called into my local Kimbolton building society branch on various occasions and was told it does not impact the mortgage offer and they would lend. My Kimbolton conveyancing solicitor - who is on the bank conveyancing panel- telephoned and was told they would not lend based on their UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook minimum lease term requirements. Who do I believe?

Provided that the is on the lender panel, they must comply with the CML Handbook specifications for the bank. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the mortgage company will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the bank to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years left on the lease.

I was told two weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by . Is it usual for to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Kimbolton is approved on their conveyancing panel? have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their Professional Indemnity Insurance Schedule.

A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

I have been pointed in your direction by a few property agents in Kimbolton to select a property lawyer using your seach tool. What’s the financial advantage for Estate Agents to offer your site over and above a competitor’s?

We don’t make any financial incentive for sending work to this site. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission as members of the public would think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not receiving any benefit too?’ We would prefer to grow our business on genuine recommendations.

Me and my wife are buying a leasehold property in Kimbolton. Conveyancing quotes are averaging around £1800. Is that in the right ballpark?

The average fee in 2014 for conveyancing in Kimbolton was just over one thousand four hundred and fifty pounds excluding Stamp Duty and HM Land Registry fees.