My friend's sister is a conveyancer. I am hopeful that I will receive preferential pricing for conveyancing, but if not, what level of costs should I be paying for conveyancing in Kingstanding?

It’s sensible to obtain 3 or more like-for-like conveyancing estimates. Make use of our comparison tool on this page. The fees may contrast greatly but the service one can expect are distinct between conveyancers as is true with most professions.

We are a couple about to sign contracts for a ground floor flat in Kingstanding. We encountered a problem. The mortgage offer with Coventry Building Society expires on 25/7/2023 but the vendors are suggesting a completion date of 27/7/2023. Can one prolong the loan expiry date?

The person best placed to deal with your issue is your conveyancer who will hopefully calculate if he or she is corresponding with the mortgage company, vendor’s conveyancers, estate agents or indeed all three taking into account the circumstances your conveyancing as of today.

My friend suggested that if I am buying in Kingstanding I should ask my conveyancer to perform a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

This is a search is usually included in the estimate for your Kingstanding conveyancing searches. It is not a small document of more than thirty pages, listing and detailing significant information about Kingstanding around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the demographics of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime statistics, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful data concerning Kingstanding.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my house can not be found. The lawyers who did the conveyancing in Kingstanding 5 years ago no longer exist. Will I be able to sell the house?

Gone are the days when you need to have the physical deeds to prove you own the land or premises, given that the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.

I am buying a new build house in Kingstanding with the aid of help to buy. The sellers would not reduce the price so I negotiated £7000 of additionals instead. The estate agent told me not disclose to my lawyer about this deal as it may jeopardize my mortgage with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer 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.