Have just purchased a probate house at auction in Market Harborough. Conveyancing is needed. What is next?

Now that you are exchanged you now have to retain a conveyancing solicitor quickly as you are faced with a pending deadline in which to complete the deal. All auction property will have an associated auction pack. This will include most,if not all of the documents that your lawyer requires. If you have purchased leasehold property the conveyancing papers should provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing paperwork relating to leasehold premises. You need to pass this on to the solicitor instructed by you ASAP. Do make sure that you have funds in order to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

I used Wolstenholmes a few years ago for my conveyancing in Market Harborough. I now require my file however the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracking down your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Market Harborough of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

i am buying my first flat in Market Harborough with the aid of help to buy. The sellers would not move on the amount so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep told me not disclose to my conveyancer about the side-deal as it will impact my mortgage with . Should I keep quiet?.

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.