We hope to to buy with Melton Mowbray Building Society. I visited 3 or 4 local companies but am struggling to find a Newtown conveyancing firm on the Melton Mowbray Building Society panel. Please you assist?

You should take advantage of the search tool on this site. Please choose the lender and type Newtown or your preferred area and you will be presented with numerous solicitors offices in Newtown or near you.

I appreciate that there are debates on Chancel Insurance on online forums. Do I require chancel insurance when acquiring a house in Newtown? or I am told that there is a law dating back centuries that means some homeowners living in a parish church boundary may be liable to pay for repairs towards the chancel in proximity to the church. Is this appropriate for conveyancing in Newtown?

Unless a prior acquisition of the premises took place post 12 October 2013 you may expect conveyancing practitioners handling conveyancing in Newtown to continue to propose a a chancel search and or insurance against a claim.

I decided to have a survey carried out on a property in Newtown before instructing solicitors. I have been told that there is a flying freehold element to the house. Our surveyor has said that some mortgage companies will not grant a loan on a flying freehold house.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different requirements from Halifax. Should you wish to telephone us we can check via the appropriate mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Newtown. Conveyancing can be more complicated and therefore you should check with your conveyancing solicitor in Newtown to see if the conveyancing costs will increase in light of this.

Is it possible to transfer to a new conveyancer as I need to select one who is on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. I had appointed a family conveyancing solicitor in Newtown round the corner but she is not accepted by Virgin Money

It would be our pleasure to help you select a conveyancing solicitor in Newtown on the Virgin Money panel. Please note that the solicitors that we list do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are authorised and regulated by the SRA who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Newtown. In utilising search facility on this site, you can contrast fees for conveyancing solicitors in Newtown and beyond.

What is the average conveyancing fee for conveyancing in Newtown?

The average cost in 2014 for conveyancing in Newtown was £1,500 excluding Land Tax and HMLR charges.