The housing market in Histon is hotting up. What can I do to expedite matters?

First, If the seller is applying pressure for your conveyancing it is highly recommended that your lawyer is familiar with the location as they will have local contacts and knowledge. It is even conceivable that they would have handled previoushouses in the same street. You would be best advised to use a Histon conveyancing solicitor. Second, check that the lawyer is on the on the approved list for your mortgage company. It is said that nearly one in five of Histon conveyancing transactions are frustrated or derailed after discovering a purchaser’s conveyancer was not on their banks list of approved solicitors. In many cases this discovery resulted in the transaction being frustrated by as much as 21 days. It is believed that this issue affects approximately 100,000 home moves annually. Many Histon conveyancing practices can not act for certain banks so do check at the outset.

What will a local search reveal regarding the house we're purchasing in Histon?

Histon conveyancing often commences with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or through a personal search company such as PSG The local search plays a central part in many a Histon conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any nasty once you have moved into your new home. The search will supply information on, amongst other things, details on planning applications relevant to the property (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen topic headings.

I have justfound out that Arc property Solicitors have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in Histon for a purchase of a leasehold flat 10 months ago. How can I be sure that my home is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest method to check if the property is in your name, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Histon conveyancing specialists.

I'm buying a new build house in Histon benefiting from help to buy. The builders would not reduce the amount so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The estate agent suggested that I not disclose to my conveyancer about this extras as it may adversely affect my loan with Clydesdale. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my aunt I am selling a house in Swansea but reside in Histon. My lawyer (based 200 kilometers from merequires that I execute a statutory declaration before the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in Histon who can witness and place their company stamp on the document?

strictly speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in Histon