How up to date is your database of Cirencester solicitors on the Skipton conveyancing panel? Do Skipton send you an updated list?

Cirencester conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Skipton conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Skipton directly.

Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Cirencester. My lender is Virgin

Virgin have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 18/7/2019, the requirements read as follows :

I used Wolstenholmes several years ago for my conveyancing in Cirencester. Now, I need my files but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

Do contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Cirencester of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I'm purchasing my first flat in Cirencester with a mortgage from Bank of Ireland. The developers refused to budge the amount so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The estate agent told me not inform my solicitor about this extras as it may affect my loan with the lender. Should I keep quiet?.

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.

Are there any apps to assist me to identify a Cirencester law firm on the Britannia conveyancing panel? I have a car and am willing to travel upto 20miles to meet the conveyancer.

Feel free to make use of the tool on this page. Please pick a bank and your location and you will see a number of Cirencester conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have listed some Cirencester conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can call them to verify if they are on the Britannia member panel