At what point does exchange of contracts occur in purchase conveyancing in Yate and am I required to attend the solicitors branch?
Where you are in close proximity to one of the conveyancing solicitors in Yate you are invited in to sign the paperwork. However, the lender approved solicitors we recommend offer countrywide coverage for conveyancing and give just as comprehensive and professional a job for you when communicating with you electronically. The signing of the property agreement is not the important part. A signed contract is just a prerequisite for the conveyancer to address the formalities when the time is right, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The procedure is is usually a five minute process, although where a lengthy "chain" is involved, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Yate)to be in the office at the appropriate time.
My mortgage company has suggested a law firm on their panel based in Yate but I would rather choose a conveyancing lawyer in Yate round the corner to me. Can you assist?
The minority of Yate conveyancing firms are approved and listed on all banks conveyancing panel. Use the above find an approved solicitor tool to choose a Yate conveyancing solicitor on the on the lender panel.
I am intent on selling our home in Yate and according to the buyers it appears that there is a possibility that the property was constructed on contaminated land. Any local conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. It does beg the question why the buyers used an internet conveyancing firm as opposed to a conveyancing solicitor in Yate. We have lived in Yate for many years we know that this is a non issue. Do we get in touch with our local Authority to get clarification that there is no issue.
It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing firm currently acting for you. What do they say? You must check with your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out life insurance to cover that same sickness)
My husband and I are new to the buying process - had an offer accepted, yet the agent has warned us that the vendor will only issue a contract if we use their preferred lawyers as they are insisting on an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a local solicitor who is accustomed to conveyancing in Yate
It is unlikely the vendors are driving this. If they require ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a genuine buyer is going to damage their objectives. Try to communicate with the sellers directly and explain that (a)you are motivated buyers (b)you are ready to go, with mortgage lined up © you are chain free (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you will continue to use your own,trusted Yate conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will give the negotiator at the agency a kickback or hit his conveyancing figures set by corporate headquarters.
Sixweeks into a sale of a flat in Yate. Conveyancing solicitors are doing their job but we are being charged a fortune from the freeholder. So far we have forked out £275 for a leasehold management information and then a further £134.40 for supplemental queries supplied by the purchaser's conveyancing practitioner.
Neither you or your conveyancing practitioner will have any sway over the extent of the charges for this information but the typical fee for the information for Yate leasehold premises is £380. When it comes to Yate conveyancing transactions it is conventional for the owner to cover the costs. The landlord or their agents are not duty bound to address such questions although many will agree to do so - albeit often at high prices disproportionate to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no legislation that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. There is no prescriptive time frame by which they are obliged to issue the information.