The vendors of the house we are looking to purchase hired a conveyancing firm in Malpas who has suggested a lock out contract with a non-refundable deposit 6,000. Is it wise to enter into such agreements?

Lock out agreements are contracts binding a home vendor and purchaser giving the buyer a ‘clear field’ to purchase the premises for a certain period of time. For all intents and purposes, an exclusivity agreement is a contract stating that you will have a contract at a later date being the contract for the actual sale. It is generally used for buyer protection though in many situations, the proprietor may enjoy an upside from such agreements as well. There are many positives and negatives to having them but you need to check with your solicitor but beware that it may end up incurring extra in conveyancing charges. For these reasons these contracts are avoided in relation to conveyancing in Malpas.

Do lenders provide you with an approved list of Malpas conveyancing solicitors? How do you know who is on the Barclays conveyancing panel?

Malpas conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Barclays conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Barclays directly.

This question may be naive but I am unseasoned as FTB of a garden flat in Malpas. Do I receive the keys to the house on the completion date from my conveyancer? If this is the case, I will instruct a local conveyancing solicitor in Malpas?

On the day of completion you do not need to attend the conveyancers office in Malpas. Your solicitors will electronically transfer the completion advance to the owner’s conveyancers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you should be able to receive the keys from the Estate Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen early afternoon.

I can not work out if my lender obliges me to make sure the lease term for the flat is extended prior to the completion date. I have telephoned my Malpas building society branch on a couple of occasions and was told it does not affect the mortgage offer and they will lend. My Malpas conveyancing solicitor - who is on the mortgage company conveyancing panel- telephoned and was told they would not lend based on their published requirements. I simply don't know who is right.

Provided that the property lawyer is on the lender panel, they must adhere to the CML Handbook provisions for the bank. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the mortgage company will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the bank to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years remaining.

Our sealed bid on a house in Malpas has been accepted, but there is a chain. The sellers have offered on a flat, however it’s not yet tied up, and are looking at other apartments in the pipeline. I have chosen a bricks and mortar conveyancing solicitor in Malpas. What do I do now? At what point should I apply for the mortgage with HSBC?

It is normal to have apprehensions where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur costs prematurely (home loan application is in the region of one thousand pounds, then survey, Malpas conveyancing search fees, etc). First, you should check that your lawyer is on the HSBC conveyancing panel. Concerning the next phase this very much depends on the circumstances of your transaction, motivation for this property and on the state of the market. During a hot market many home buyers would apply for a home loan with HSBC and pay for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they ask their property lawyer to move forward with the conveyancing in Malpas.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build apartment in Malpas. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Malpas

Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Please supply a car parking plan.

Can you shed any light on the variety of conveyancing provided by Malpas conveyancing solicitors?

In the main Malpas conveyancing organisations tend to offer a broad array of assistance to home and land owners, sellers, purchasers, landlords and tenants assistingwith some of the following:

Residential sale conveyancing in Malpas or throughout the rest of the country House purchase conveyancing in Malpas and throughout England and Wales Transferring equity e.g. transfer of a share in a property Auction sales and purchase conveyancing in Malpas or countrywide Transfer of property after relationship breakdown Malpas conveyancing for repossessed property