Please could you recommend a Nationwide Building Society approved Shropshire conveyancing practice that can complete within less than a month? Am I best advised to choose a high street Shropshire solicitor or an internet comparison site?

We can recommend some very good Shropshire conveyancing firms. Another option is to visit the high street in Shropshire. Approach a couple of law practices and request to see a conveyancing solicitor for a quote. Explain your requirements together with the reasons and get an assurance on your deadline. Select the lawyer that you trust.

I am helping my mother sell her house in Shropshire. Does the conveyancer order an energy assessment or should I organise this?

After the demise of Home Information Packs, EPC’s remained a compulsory part of moving property. An energy performance certificate must be to hand before the property is marketed. This is not something that solicitors normally organise. Where you are using a Shropshire conveyancing practitioner they may help arrange energy assessments due to their relationships with long established local assessors

How can we know in advance if a Shropshire conveyancing solicitor on the Principality panel is any good?

When it comes to conveyancing in Shropshire getting recommendations is a good start. Before you go ahead, check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also, you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more, will often provide a better service than one advertising the lowest fees. We would always suggest that you speak with the solicitor carrying out your conveyancing.

My offer was accepted on a property in Shropshire on 3/11/2025, valuation was booked 2 days after, all came back fine. Conveyancer retained, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Yorkshire BS and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. Are Yorkshire BS entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?

Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Yorkshire BS to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

I have been told that property searches are a common reason for hinderance in Shropshire house deals. Is this right?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) released determinations of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the common causes of delays in the conveyancing process. Local searches are not likely to feature in any delay in conveyancing in Shropshire.

I'm buying my first flat in Shropshire with a loan from Britannia. The builders refused to budge the amount so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of additionals instead. The house builders rep advised me not disclose to my conveyancer about the extras as it may jeopardize my loan with the bank. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.

In my capacity as executor for the estate of my grandmother I am disposing of a house in Swansea but live in Shropshire. My solicitor (based 200 kilometers awayhas requested that I execute a statutory declaration before the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in Shropshire who can witness this legal document for me?

Technically speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents witnessed by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are based in Shropshire