When will exchange of contracts happen for sale conveyancing in Forest Row and do I need to be at the solicitors branch?

If you are near to our conveyancing solicitors in Forest Row you are invited in to sign contracts. That being said, the firms we work with offer countrywide coverage for conveyancing and give just as detailed and professional a job for you when dealing with you digitally. The signing of the purchase agreement is not the point of no return. A signed contract simply enables the solicitor to officially exchange when the time is right, which will usually be very shortly after signing. The exchange process is nowadays normally dealt with by telephone and can be very rapid, although where a long "chain" is in the mix, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Forest Row)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

The deeds to our house are lost. The solicitors who handled the conveyancing in Forest Row 10 years ago have long since closed. Will I be able to sell the house?

As long as you have a registered title the details of your proprietorship will be held by the Land Registry under a Title Number. It is possible to conduct a search at the Land Registry, locate your property and get up to date copies of the Registered Entries for a small fee. If the property is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases retain a certified duplicate of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be ordered for a small fee.

I'm buying a new build house in Forest Row with a mortgage from HSBC Bank. The sellers would not budge the price so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The estate agent advised me not to tell my solicitor about the deal as it would adversely affect my mortgage with HSBC 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.

Are there any apps to assist me to identify a Forest Row solicitor on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel? I drive a motor bike and am willing to travel upto 25miles to meet the solicitor.

Feel free to make use of the search on this page. Please select a mortgage company and your location and you will see a number of Forest Row conveyancing lawyers locally. We have detailed some Forest Row conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can telephone them to see whether they are on the Bank of Ireland approved list

We're first time buyers - had an offer accepted, yet the agent told us that the vendor will only issue a contract if we instruct the agent's preferred solicitors as they are insisting on an ‘expedited deal’. We would rather use a family solicitor who is familiar with conveyancing in Forest Row

We suspect that the owner is not behind this request. Should the vendor require ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a serious buyer is likely to cause more damage than good. Avoid the agents and go straight to the owners and make the point that (a)you are genuine buyers (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances in place © you do not need to sell (d) you wish to move quickly (e)but you are going to use your own,trusted Forest Row conveyancing lawyers - as opposed tothose that will earn the estate agent a referral fee or meet his conveyancing figures set by HQ.