I need some quick conveyancing in New Farnley as I am under an ultimatum to exchange contracts in less than one month. Luckily I do not require a mortgage. Can I escape the need for conveyancing searches to save fees and time?

If.Given you are not obtaining a home loan you are at free not to have searches carried out although no conveyancer would recommend that you don't. Drawing on our experience of conveyancing in New Farnley the following are instances of what can be revealed and adversely affect market value: Refused Planning Applications, Outstanding Fees, Overdue Grants, Road Schemes,...

I am buying a new build house in New Farnley with the aid of help to buy. The sellers would not budge the amount so I negotiated 6k of additionals instead. The sale representative suggested that I not to tell my solicitor about this side-deal as it may jeopardize my mortgage with the lender. 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.

I'm refinancing my existing property to a BTL loan with Barnsley Building Society and intend to use the remaining equity as a deposit on further house. The area we are looking at is New Farnley. Will your conveyancers be able to act for the two lenders and link together the two deals?

Make use of our search tool on this site to ensure that the solicitors are on the relevant lender panels. Assuming that they are your lawyer should be able to simultaneously deal with the two conveyancing matters but you should have a chat with you lawyer and make apparent your expectations and needs.

We are a fortnight into a leasehold purchase having been referred to solicitors by the estate agent to carry out the conveyancing in New Farnley. I am am very dissatisfied with the quality of service. Can you you assist me in finding new conveyancers?

A lawyer would have to be really bad to suggest replacing them. Has the mortgage offer been issued? If so you must inform them of the new contact details and have the loan are issued to the new lawyers. Your solicitor ideally should be on the banks approved list to avoid escalating costs and frustration. That should be your starting point. The search tool will help you find a lender approved solicitor for your home move in New Farnley

My solicitor in New Farnley has informed me that he requires personal identification documents asserting that this forms part of his retainer as a solicitor on the mortgage company Conveyancing panel. Can you confirm whether this is the case?

Anti-terror and anti-money-laundering rules require New Farnley conveyancing solicitors and licensed conveyancers to verify the identity of the person or body they are dealing with before they can accept their conveyancing business. The Terms and Conditions that you need to sign will no doubt confirm this. Your lawyer is right that the lender also require certain documents to be viewed. If a you refuse to provide ID verification documents, your conveyancer would not be able to accept instructions from you. Your lawyer also has obligations to obtain certain documents in accordance with the mortgage company's UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements