My fiance’s brother is a conveyancing practitioner. I expect that I will be offered preferential rates for conveyancing, However if that does not come through, what kind of costs would I typically be looking at for conveyancing in Spital?

You should contrast pricing. Do use our search tool on this page. Whilst amounts may vary but service levels do differ between conveyancers as is true with the vast majority of professional services.

Finally the sale completed on my house in Spital last November yet the purchaser is telephoning me to moan that his lawyer needs to hear from mine. What should have happened following completion?

Following your house sale your conveyancer is duty bound to send the transfer documentation and all of the paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Where appropriate, your conveyancer must also evidence that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been discharged to the buyers conveyancers. There are no post completion procedures peculiar conveyancing in Spital.

Do the Building Society Association intend to launch a search tool with a view to to identify practices on the Melton Mowbray Building Society conveyancing panel for instance in Spital?

We are not aware of any plans on the part of the BSA to promote such a tool.

Hoping to buy a property located in Spital and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Spital. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Spital area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Spital. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

My step-son is just in the process of moving home, he had his mortgage in principle. When the offer was accepted on house we called the mortgage institution to issue the formal offer. We were shocked to learn that mortgage lenders do not accept all property lawyer, they need to be on their approved list, is this legal?

Lenders ordinarily imposes restrictions either the type or the number of conveyancing practices on their approved list of lawyers. Typical examples of such restriction(s) being that a firm must have two or more partners. In addition to restricting the type of firm, some have decided to limit the number of firms they use to represent them. You should note that lenders have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any Spital conveyancing practitioner on their panel. Mortgage fraud was a key driver in the rationalisation of conveyancing panels a few years ago and whilst there are differing views about the extent of solicitor involvement in some of that fraud. Statistics from the Land Registry reveal that thousands of law firms only carry out one or two conveyances a year. Those supporting conveyancing panel cuts ask why law firms should have the right to be on a Lender panel when clearly, conveyancing is not their speciality. To put it another way; would you want a conveyancing solicitor to represent you if you were charged with a crime? Probably not.