I was informed yesterday by my financial adviser that my Burslem lawyer is not on the bank Conveyancing panel. What can I do to be certain that this is indeed the case?

Your first step should be to call your Burslem conveyancer. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to notify you what has happened. Where they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the conveyancing panel for your mortgage company.

I'm purchasing a new build house in Burslem with a mortgage from Chelsea Building Society. The sellers refused to move on the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The estate agent told me not reveal to my lawyer about this deal as it would put at risk my mortgage with the bank. 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 am looking into buying my first house which is in Burslem and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Burslem. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Burslem area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Burslem. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor for sale conveyancing in Burslem. I happened to land on a site which appears to be the ideal offering If there is a chance to get all formalities completed via email that would be preferable. Should I be concerned? What are the potential pitfalls?

As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?

I see that you have a post code search directory identifying solicitors on the bank conveyancing panel. Do Burslem conveyancing companies pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for my own conveyancing?

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