Is there a reason why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Porthleven costs more?

The conveyancing fees for a leasehold premises in Porthleven is often higher when contrasted to a freehold property. This is due to the extra investigations necessary in dealing with the freeholder and managing agents to obtain evidence about whether the rent and service charges have been paid and whether there are any significant expenditure in the foreseeable future on repairs or maintenance of the block.

We wanted to use a conveyancing solicitor in Porthleven for our house purchase. Our broker informed us that our mortgage lenders Skipton Building Society won't deal with them. Why is this not regarded as unduly restrictive?

Lenders ordinarily restrict either the category or the number of conveyancing practices on their member panel. A common example of such criteria being that a law practice must not be a sole practitioner. As well as restricting the profile of firm, some have decided to limit the number of solicitor practices they use to act for them. Be aware that Skipton Building Society have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any member of Skipton Building Society Conveyancer Panel. Mortgage fraud was a key driver in the reduction of conveyancing panels a few years ago even though there remains mixed views about the extent of solicitor engagement in some of that fraud. Statistics from the Land Registry reveal that plenty of law firms, including some in or near Porthleven only execute very few conveyances a year.

A colleague suggested that where I am buying in Porthleven I should ask my conveyancer to carry out a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. Can you explain what the purpose of this search is?

This is a search is sometimes quoted for as part of the standard Porthleven conveyancing searches. It is a large report of about 40 pages, listing and detailing significant information about Porthleven around the property and the people living there. It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information regarding Porthleven.

I'm purchasing a new build house in Porthleven benefiting from help to buy. The builders would not reduce the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The property agent advised me not inform my solicitor about the extras as it would affect my mortgage with the lender. 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.

How difficult is it to switch solicitor as I need to retain one who is on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel. I hired a local conveyancing solicitor in Porthleven five minutes from me but the firm is not approved by Birmingham Midshires

We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Porthleven on the Birmingham Midshires panel. Please note that the solicitors that we on the directory do not pay us fee if you instruct them and are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Porthleven. In utilising the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this website, you can compare fees for conveyancing solicitors in Porthleven and beyond.