Having been suggested to visit your organisation we were about to go ahead with a conveyancing solicitor in Maryland listed on your site but stumbled across alternative costs illustrations via the web appear less pricey – why is this?

There are numerous conveyancers offering at first sight what seems to be extremely cheap conveyancing in Maryland. You should think twice about how important this transaction is to you that want to take 'cheap' risks concerning the standard of the legal work. Many of them list a cheap fee to entice you but plant extra charges in the small print..

Are the BSA intent on creating a online directory to to identify law firms on the Loughborough BS conveyancing panel for example in Maryland?

Lexsure has not been advised of any plans on the part of the BSA to promote such a search facility.

I used Wolstenholmes a few years past for my conveyancing in Maryland. Now, I need the files but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

You should call 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 Maryland of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I am looking into buying my first house which is in Maryland and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Maryland. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Maryland area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Maryland. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

A conveyancing company dealt with my conveyancing in Maryland half a dozen years ago and was holding my title documents but has since been shut down – What steps do I now take to retreive these?

Deeds, as such, no longer exist as the majority of homes in Maryland are archived electronically at Land Registry. Where you need to establish ownership or are selling or re-mortgaging your property lawyer will need to obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.

If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org. The CLC will let you know what information they have and any additional information they may need before they are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for the CLC to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned with reasonable haste.