My wife and I are buying a newly constructed apartment in Shillington and my conveyancer is telling me that she has to the mortgage company to disclose incentives from the seller. I am under pressure to exchange and I have no desire to prolong matters. Is my lawyer right?

You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your solicitor. A precondition to being on a bank panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.

At what point does exchange of contracts happen for residential conveyancing in Shillington and do I need to be at the conveyancers office?

If you are local to our conveyancing solicitors in Shillington you are invited in to sign documents. That being said, the lender approved solicitors we recommend offer a national conveyancing service and give just as comprehensive and professional a job for you when communicating with you electronically. The executing of the contract is not the point of no return. Signing on the dotted line is necessary for the conveyancer to officially exchange when the time is right, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The exchange process is is usually a five minute process, although where a long "chain" is in the mix, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Shillington)to be in the office available at the end of the phone to exchange contracts.

I am purchasing a flat and need a conveyancing solicitor in Shillington who is on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a solicitor?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Skipton Building Society in certain locations such as Shillington. We dont recommend any particular firm.

We're new on the property ladder - agreed a price, yet the selling agent informed us that the seller will only move forward if we instruct their preferred conveyancers as they need an ‘expedited deal’. Our preferred option is to instruct a high street conveyancer who is familiar with conveyancing in Shillington

It is unlikely the sellers are driving this. Should the vendor require ‘a quick sale', alienating a serious purchaser is is going to put the whole deal at risk. Bypass the agents and go straight to the sellers and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are ready to go, with mortgage lined up © you have nothing to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you are going to instruct your own,trusted Shillington conveyancing lawyers - rather thanthose that will earn the estate agent a commission or hit his conveyancing targets demanded by senior management.

Our conveyancer has advised that he intends to complete and exchange simultaneously on the sale of our £350,000 garden flat in Shillington in 5 days. The managing agents has quoted £396 for Landlord’s certificate, insurance certificate and previous years statements of service charge. Is the landlord entitled to charge exorbitant fees for a flat conveyance in Shillington?

Shillington conveyancing on leasehold maisonettes often requires the purchaser’s lawyer sending enquiries for the landlord to answer. Although the landlord is under no legal obligation to answer such questions the majority will be content to assist. They may invoice a reasonable charge for responding to enquiries or supplying documentation. There is no set fee. The average fee for the paperwork that you are referring to is £350, in some cases it is above £800. The administration charge required by the landlord must be accompanied by a synopsis of rights and obligations in respect of administration charges, without which the invoice is not strictly payable. Reality however dictates that one has little choice but to pay whatever is requested of you should you wish to complete the sale of your home.

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