I have just been advised by my broker that my Church Village lawyer is not on the mortgage company Conveyancing panel. What can I do to be certain if this is indeed the case?

The first thing you need to do is to contact your Church Village conveyancer. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to inform you of the situation. If they are not on the panel they may be able to suggest a Church Village conveyancing practice that is on the conveyancing panel for your lender.

The owners have very pushy vendors who has suggested a lock out contract with a down payment 6,000. Are such agreements sensible?

Lock out agreements are contracts between a home seller and purchaser granting the buyer the sole right to purchase the premises within an agreed time frame. For all intents and purposes, an exclusivity agreement is a contract specifying that you should have a contract at a later time which is the contract for the actual sale. It is generally used for buyer confidence though in many situations, the proprietor may stand to benefit from such agreements as well. There are numerous positives and negatives to having an agreement but you should to check with your lawyer but note that it may result in incurring more in conveyancing charges. In light of this these agreements are not popular in relation to conveyancing in Church Village.

I am about to put a bid on a leasehold flat in Church Village. The selling agents tell me that it is normal for flats in Church Village to have less than 75 years unexpired on the lease. I am getting a mortgage with Accord Mortgages. Will the property be mortgageable given that the lease has 69 years to go.

Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are obtaining a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Accord Mortgages have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 7/5/2024 the requirements read as follows :

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

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

Can you confirm the variety of conveyancing provided by Church Village conveyancing firms?

For the most part Church Village conveyancing companies tend to provide a number of assistance to domestic and agricultural land owners, sellers, buyers, landlords and leaseholders assistingwith some of the following:

Standard residential sale conveyancing in Church Village or beyond Private residential purchase conveyancing in Church Village and throughout England and Wales Resolving boundary disputes between neighbours Acquisition of council property under the Right to Buy Scheme Shared equity purchase (part buying and part renting) Staircasing i.e. buying extra shares of a property that has been purchased through a shared ownership scheme