Can the conveyancing lawyers listed on your site handle attended exchange conveyancing in york?
There are a few conveyancing specialists who can conduct 24hr exchanges. Do e-mail us to get a conveyancing quote and details as to dates.
is it true that all york solicitors on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel are overseen by the SRA?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Leeds Building Society approved list of solicitors they would need to be governed by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. The majority of banks do allow licenced conveyancers on their panel and in such a situation the practice would be governed by the CLC.
It is not clear whether my lender requires a lease extension. I have called my york building society branch on a couple of occasions and was told it wasn't an issue and they will lend. My york conveyancing solicitor - who is on the mortgage company conveyancing panel- called and was told they refuse to lend in accordance with their UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook minimum lease term requirements. Who do I believe?
Provided that the solicitor is on the bank approved list, she or he must adhere to the CML Handbook provisions for the lender. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the bank will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the mortgage company to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years left on the lease.
I had an offer accepted on a property in york on 11/9/2025, valuation was booked 2 days later, all came back fine. Solicitor instructed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Principality and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Principality conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Principality to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Principality conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
It has been 2 months since my purchase conveyancing in york took place. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £180,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the premises from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £195,000 and found one close by in york I like with amenity areas and railway links nearby, however it's only got 52 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in york suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a lease with such few years left?
Should you require a home loan the shortness of the lease will be a potential deal breaker. Discount the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing owner has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you may request that they start the process of the extension and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease term and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer regarding this matter.
A couple of weeks ago I was told by my mortgage company that their approved lawyers work on no move no fee basis for conveyancing in york. My purchase aborted and now the conveyancers want search fees! They say the fees are nothing to do with their fees!
york conveyancing search fees are separate expenses not legal costs as these are paid to a third party.