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Find a Little Oakley Conveyancing Solictior on Your Lender’s Panel

Ready to buy a new home in Little Oakley? Failing to check that a lawyer is on your lender’s list of approved solicitors can put your Little Oakley transaction at risk of delay or failure.

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Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Little Oakley

The housing market in Little Oakley is hotting up. What can I do to speed up matters?

In a situation where you are under time constraints to exchange we would recommend that your solicitor is familiar with the location as they will make use of local connections and intelligence. It is even conceivable that they would have handled otherhouses in the same neighbourhood. You would be best advised to use a Little Oakley conveyancing lawyer. In addition, ensure that the lawyer is on the member panel. It is claimed that nearly one in five of Little Oakley conveyancing deals are delayed or jeopardised after finding out that a purchaser’s lawyer was not on their banks list of approved solicitors. This can often result in the home move being held up by almost 21 days. It is estimated that this issue affects in the region of 100,000 home sales every year. Many Little Oakley conveyancing practices can not represent certain mortgage companies so do check at the outset.

We wanted to use a property lawyer in Little Oakley for our home move. Our broker informed us that our mortgage lenders Santander won't deal with them. Why is this not regarded as unduly restrictive?

Before the recession most mortgage companies had a different appetite for risk. Almost all Little Oakley conveyancing firms would have been on many bank panels. The Financial Services Authority in 2010 completed a thematic investigation into mortgage fraud which come to the conclusion: mortgage lenders should know the conveyancing solicitors dealt with. Consequently, mortgage companies have regularly sought more data from law firms regarding their operations and their employees as well as set certain criteria such a completing on a minimum amount of conveyancing. Many Little Oakley conveyancing firms that have been excluded from lender panels have Unblemished track record, no complaints and no claims and didn't just 'dabble' in conveyancing. Little Oakley is one of the numerous locations where the lawyers showing on our search results are members of the panel for Santander.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Little Oakley?

Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Little Oakley. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

As co-executor for the estate of my aunt I am disposing of a house in Newport but I am based in Little Oakley. My lawyer (based 250 kilometers from mehas requested that I execute a stat dec prior to the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing practitioner in Little Oakley who can witness this legal document for me?

strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are located in Little Oakley

Do I have to have a meeting at the offices of the mortgage company conveyancing panel solicitor to execute the legal charge? If so, I will appoint a lawyer who conducts conveyancing in Little Oakley so that I can attend their offices when needed.

Whereas this was necessary 15 years ago, most lenders no longer require their conveyancing panel solicitor to witness the borrowers signature. You will still be obliged to provide ID Documents and there are still distinct advantages to using a local solicitor, in your case a conveyancing solicitor in Little Oakley.

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