My bank has recommended solicitors on their panel based in Bognor Regis but I would rather use a conveyancing lawyer in Bognor Regis or nearer to where I live. Can you assist?
Far from all Bognor Regis conveyancing practitioners are listed all lender’s conveyancing panel. Do make use of our search tool to choose a Bognor Regis conveyancing firm on the on the lender panel.
I bought my home on 3 March and the transaction details are still not registered. Need I be worried? My conveyancing solicitor in Bognor Regis expressed confidence that it should be concluded in a couple of weeks. Are properties in Bognor Regis particularly slow to register?
As far as conveyancing in Bognor Regis is concerned, registration is no faster or slower than the rest of England and Wales. Rather than based on location, timescales can adjust depending on the party submitting the application, whether it is in order and whether the Land registry must send notices to any interested parties. At present in the region of 80% of submission are completed in less than three weeks but some can be subject to longer delays. Registration is effected once the purchaser is living at the premises so 'speed' is not usually primary concern but where it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your solicitor should communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in two weeks back in what should have been a quick, no chain conveyancing. Bognor Regis is the location of the property. Can you shed any light on this issue?
Flying freeholds in Bognor Regis are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Bognor Regis you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Bognor Regis may decide 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 residence.
I was advised by a few estate agents in Bognor Regis to select a property lawyer on your site. What’s the financial incentive for Estate Agents to offer your site ahead of a competitor’s?
We refuse to offer any referral fee for sending work our way. We found it would be just too difficult to pay a commission because home movers will think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.
Am I best advised to instruct a Bognor Regis conveyancing solicitor in close proximity to the house I am buying? An old friend can handle the legal formalities but they are based 400miles drive away.
The benefit of a local Bognor Regis conveyancing firm is that you can pop in to sign documents, hand in your ID and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local intelligence which is a plus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If other friends have instructed your friend and on the whole were impressed that must surpass using an unfamiliar Bognor Regis conveyancing solicitor just because they are Bognor Regis based.