Willusing a Loughborough conveyancing firm make the ownership transfer smoother?

Generally conveyancing lawyers in your area will have excellent connections with your local authority, which can help with your Loughborough conveyancing searches that your solicitor will need to carry out. It can only assist if they enjoy strong connections with the Land Registry covering your area Loughborough, other property lawyers in the location and Loughborough property agents.

I have a terraced Edwardian property in Loughborough. Conveyancing practitioner acted for me and Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. I happened to do a free search for it on the Land Registry database and there are two entries: the first freehold, another for leasehold with the matching property. I'd like to know for sure, how can I find out??

You should assess the Freehold register you have again and check the Charges Register as there may be mention of a lease. The best way to be sure that you are also the registered owner of the leasehold and freehold title as well is to check (£3). It is not completely unheard of in Loughborough and other locations in the country and poses no real issues for owners other than when they buy they have to account for both freehold and leasehold interests when dealing with purchasers. You can also question the position with the conveyancing practitioner who carried out the work.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a leasehold apartment up to £245,000 and found one round the corner in Loughborough I like with a park and transport links nearby, the downside is that it only has 49 years on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Loughborough in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a short lease?

If you require a home loan the shortness of the lease may be a potential deal breaker. Discount the offer by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing owner has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you can request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this.

My cousin has recommend that I appoint his lawyers for conveyancing in Loughborough. Should I choose my own conveyancer?

There are no two ways about it the ideal way to select a conveyancing lawyer is to get guidance from friends or family who have used the solicitor you're contemplating using.

I note that you have a search directory listing firms on the bank conveyancing panel. Do Loughborough conveyancing firms pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for my own conveyancing?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the mortgage company conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to the any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Loughborough.