I was advised today by my mortgage adviser that my Bishop Auckland solicitor is not on the bank Conveyancing panel. What can I do to check?
Your first step should be to contact your Bishop Auckland lawyer directly. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to notify you of the situation. Where they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the approved list of lawyers for your mortgage company.
Do the conveyancing solicitors via your comparison service perform attended exchange conveyancing in Bishop Auckland?
We do have a number of conveyancing experts carrying out one day exchanges. You should e-mail us to receive a conveyancing quote and details as to dates.
Is there a reason why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Bishop Auckland costs more?
The conveyancing costs on a leasehold property in Bishop Auckland is often higher when contrasted to a freehold property. This is due to the supplemental work required in communicating with the landlord and management company to obtain evidence about whether the rent and maintenance fee have been cleared and whether there are any significant expenditure in the foreseeable future on repairs or maintenance of the building.
This question may be naive but I am unexperienced as FTB of a ground floor flat in Bishop Auckland. Do I receive the keys to the premises on completion from my solicitor? If so, I will instruct a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Bishop Auckland?
There is no need to visit the lawyers office on the day of completion. Your solicitors will transfer the purchase money to the vendor’s lawyers, and once they have received this, you should be invited to receive the keys from the selling Agents and start moving into the property. Usually this occurs between 1 and 3pm.
We previously instructed conveyancing lawyers based in Bishop Auckland on the Coventry BS solicitor approved list. They are now charging me a further fee for handling the Coventry BS mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee set by Coventry BS?
Unfortunately, as long as it is in their Terms and Conditions or estimate then yes your property lawyer may levy a fee for this. The charge is not dictated by Coventry BS but by your Bishop Auckland property lawyer. Some firms on the Coventry BS panel will quote an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.
I had an offer accepted on a house in Bishop Auckland on 25/6/2025, valuation was booked 3 days after, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer instructed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Santander and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Santander conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Santander to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Santander conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I have been told that property searches are the main reason for stalling in Bishop Auckland house deals. Is there any truth in this?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released findings of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the common causes of delays during the legal transfer of property. Searches are unlikely to be the root cause of holding up conveyancing in Bishop Auckland.