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Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Farnham Common

As someone clueless as to the Farnham Common conveyancing process what is your top tip you can impart for the legal transfer of property in Farnham Common

You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Farnham Common and elsewhere in England and Wales is often a confrontational experience. In other words, when it comes to conveyancing there exists plenty of room for confrontation between you and others involved in the legal transfer of property. For instance, the seller, property agent and on occasion the mortgage company. Selecting a solicitor for your conveyancing in Farnham Common is a critical decision as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the SOLE person in the legal process whose responsibility is to look after your legal interests and to protect you.

There is a worrying ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone has to be at fault for the process taking so long. We recommend that you your first instinct should be to trust your solicitor ahead of the other parties when it comes to the legal assignment of property.

Will my conveyancing lawyers need to check that the building insurance for my purchase of a house in Farnham Common. My lender is Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook. As of 28/11/2023, the requirements read as follows :

I'm purchasing a new build house in Farnham Common benefiting from help to buy. The developers would not budge the price so I negotiated 6k of extras instead. The sale representative told me not to tell my lawyer about this extras as it would affect my mortgage with Clydesdale. 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 opted to have a survey done on a house in Farnham Common before instructing conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. The surveyor advised that some mortgage companies may not issue a loan on this type of premises.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different instructions from Nationwide. If you call us we can look into this further with the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Farnham Common. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.

A couple of weeks ago I was informed by my lender that their panel solicitors work on no sale no charge basis for conveyancing in Farnham Common. I had a purchase fall through yet the solicitors have invoiced for search fees! They say the fees are independent!

in promising "no move no fee" Farnham Common conveyancing firms are waiving their fees for any work done. We must stress this is NOT an insurance scheme. you will still required to reimburse any costs that the solicitor has expended on your behalf such as Farnham Common local authority checks

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