We note that you have a search directory listing firms on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I instruct them for our own conveyancing in Birmingham and the Black Country?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Birmingham and the Black Country.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my house are lost. The conveyancers who dealt with the conveyancing in Birmingham and the Black Country 5 years ago no longer exist. What are my options?

As long as the title is registered the details of your proprietorship will be held by the Land Registry with a Title Number. It is possible to execute a search at the Land Registry, identify your house and obtain current copies of the property title for less than a fiver. Where the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will also normally hold a certified duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be obtained for £20 inclusive of VAT.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Birmingham and the Black Country is the location of the property. Can you offer any assistance?

Flying freeholds in Birmingham and the Black Country are rare but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Birmingham and the Black Country you must be sure that your lawyer goes through the deeds thoroughly. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Birmingham and the Black Country may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.

How easy is it to change firm as I have to instruct one who is on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing list. I hired a high street conveyancing solicitor in Birmingham and the Black Country round the corner but the firm is not approved by Skipton Building Society

It would be our pleasure to assist you find a conveyancing solicitor in Birmingham and the Black Country on the Skipton Building Society panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we list do not pay us commission if you instruct them and are under regulation of the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Birmingham and the Black Country. Using the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Birmingham and the Black Country.

My husband is purchasing a leasehold maisonette in Birmingham and the Black Country. Conveyancing estimates are coming in at around £1700. Is that reasonable?

The average fee last year for conveyancing in Birmingham and the Black Country was £1,395 not including Land Tax and Land Registry charges.