My apartment in Knaresborough is up for sale and I have a buyer. Will the solicitor have to be on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel in order to deal with the discharge of my mortgage?

Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Yorkshire BS 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 need some fast conveyancing in Knaresborough as I have a deadline to complete within one month. A mortgage is not required. Is it possible to decline from having conveyancing searches to save fees and time?

As you are are a mortgage free purchaser you are at free not to have searches carried out although no conveyancer would recommend that you don't. Drawing on our experience of conveyancing in Knaresborough the following are instances of issues that can crop up and adversely affect market value: Enforcement Notices, Overdue Charges, Overdue Grants, Railway Schemes,...

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Knaresborough?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Knaresborough. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Knaresborough for my house move. Can I review a firm’s record with the legal regulator?

One can find published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations arising from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For information Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors record, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator could monitor telephone calls for training requirements.

I am due to assess costs for conveyancing in Knaresborough from numerous conveyancer and decide on one. Am I right to instruct them to sit tight until I I have an offer accepted on a flat.

You should wait to get your conveyancing practitioner to commence work and submit searches once the offer has been agreed to on the property particularly as Knaresborough conveyancing searches are a couple of hundred pounds.