We note that you have a search directory listing firms on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I appoint them for our own conveyancing in Milton Keynes?

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

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my home can not be found. The lawyers who handled the conveyancing in Milton Keynes 4 years ago no longer exist. What do I do?

Assuming you have a registered title the information relating to your ownership will be evidenced by the Land Registry under a Title Number. It is possible to perform a search at the Land Registry, locate your house and obtain up to date copies of the property title for a small fee. If the title is Leasehold then the Land Registry will in most cases hold a certified copy of the Registered Lease and again, a copy can be obtained for £20 inclusive of VAT.

I am buying my first flat in Milton Keynes with the aid of help to buy. The developers refused to reduce the price so I negotiated 6k of extras instead. The estate agent told me not reveal to my conveyancer about this extras as it could adversely affect my loan with the bank. Should I keep quiet?.

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.

My uncle has recommend that I appoint his conveyancing solicitors in Milton Keynes. Should I use them?

Much as we are happy to recommend a Milton Keynes conveyancing lawyer the best way to select a conveyancing solicitor is to have guidance from friends or family who have previously instructed the firm that you are contemplating using.

I am an executor of my recently deceased aunt’s Will, with a property in Milton Keynes which is to be sold. The bungalow is unregistered at HMLR and I'm told that many estate agents will insist that it is completed before they'll move forward. What's the mechanism for this?

In the circumstances that you have set out it seems prudent to seek to register in the names of the personal representative(s) as named in the probate and in their capacity as PRs. HMLR’s online guidance explains how to register for the first time and what is required re the deeds and forms. You would need to include and certified copy of the probate as well and complete the form FR1 to refer to the PRs as the applicant.