My husband and I are only a couple days away from an exchange on a property in Papworth Everard and my mum and dad have sent the exchange deposit to my conveyancer. I am now advised that as the deposit has not come from me my lawyer needs to make a notification to my bank. Apparently, in also acting for the mortgage company he must inform them that the balance of the purchase price is coming from anyone other than me. I advised the lender regarding my parents' contribution when I applied for the mortgage, so is it really appropriate for this now to be an issue?

The conveyancer is legally required to clarify with the bank to make sure that they know that the balance of the purchase price is not from your own funds. Your solicitor can only report this to your mortgage company if you agree, failing which, your lawyer must cease to continue acting.

We note that you have a search directory listing solicitors on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a commission if I appoint them for our own conveyancing in Papworth Everard?

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

My house in Papworth Everard is up for sale and I have accepted an offer. Will the conveyancer need to be on the Principality conveyancing panel in order to deal with paying off my mortgage?

Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Principality conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their requirements fairly frequently at the moment.

I was advised by numerous estate agents in Papworth Everard to get a quote from a solicitor on your site. What’s the financial upside for Estate Agents to market your lawyers over alternative conveyancing organisations?

We refuse to make any referral fee for sending work our way. We thought it would be too underhand a fee as home movers will think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

Living abroad it is not practicable to visit my Papworth Everard conveyancing practitioners office to execute documents connected to my conveyancing in Papworth Everard – will this be problematic?

You need not be concerned. Papworth Everard conveyancing lawyers can undertake home moves for clients wider afield. You are unlikely to be required to visit a Papworth Everard conveyancers office. They can handle everything remotely from their Papworth Everard office.