We are purchasing a newly built apartment in The Meadows and my conveyancer is advising me that she is duty bound to the lender to disclose incentives from the builder. I am nearing the developer’s deadline to exchange contracts and my preference is not to prolong matters. is my lawyer playing by the book?
You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your property lawyer. A precondition to being on a lender 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.
Completed the sale of my flat in The Meadows last November yet the purchaser is texting daily to say her lawyer needs to hear from myconveyancer. What are the post completion sale formalities now that I have sold?
Following your disposal your solicitor is obliged to forward the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor should also send confirmation that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been repaid to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion procedures peculiar conveyancing in The Meadows.
We just had an offer accepted to purchase with Loughborough BS. We have called around locally but am unable to find a The Meadows conveyancing firm on the Loughborough BS panel. Can you assist?
Please do make use of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this page. Please choose the mortgage company and type The Meadows or your preferred area and you will be presented with numerous conveyancers offices in The Meadows or nearest you.
Do I choose a Licenced Conveyancer or Solicitor for conveyancing in The Meadows?
There are many registered licenced Conveyancers in The Meadows and Solicitor practices in The Meadows to choose from It is important to make clear that the two are regulated professionals specialising in the legal aspects of transferring property. The two can handle other property legal work such as remortgage conveyancing, lease extensions and transfer of equity conveyancing.
My wife and I are spending time viewing flats in The Meadows and I am about to put in an offer. Should I already have a property lawyer in place at this point? I intend to finance via a home loan with Santander.
You should start requesting conveyancing quotes from solicitors ASAP. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their details on to the estate agent. Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with Santander, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Santander conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.
My offer was accepted on a property in The Meadows on 31/7/2025, valuation was booked 2 days after, all came back fine. Property lawyer appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Kent Reliance and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Kent Reliance to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
Should I be concerned by 3rd parties that I am dealing with are suggesting a national conveyancing firm rather than a local The Meadows conveyancing firm?
As is the case with many professional services, often input from family and friends can be most helpful. Nevertheless there are lots of parties with a keen interest in a conveyancing deal; estate agents, financial adviser and mortgage companies might all recommend lawyers to choose. Sometimes these solicitors might be known to one of the organisations as one of the best in their field, but sometimes there behind the scenes commercial relationship behind the recommendation. You have the discretion to choose your preferred conveyancer. You need to be aware that most banks specify a panel list of law firms you must use for the lender related work in your home move.