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Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Sutton Coldfield

Do lenders provide you with an approved list of Sutton Coldfield conveyancing solicitors? How do you know who is on the Barclays conveyancing panel?

Sutton Coldfield conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Barclays conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Barclays directly.

I am helping my sister sell her property in Sutton Coldfield. Does the solicitor commission an energy assessment or should I organise this?

After the abolition of Home Packs, energy assessments remained a required part of moving house. An EPC needs to be to hand in advance of the property being marketed. This is not a task that solicitors normally arrange. Where you are using a Sutton Coldfield conveyancing lawyer they may help arrange energy assessments given their contacts with long established Sutton Coldfield assessors

We have a mortgage agreed in principle with Leeds Building Society. Sutton Coldfield conveyancing practitioners have been selected. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Leeds Building Society?

Some lenders take longer than others. Have Leeds Building Society completed the valuation? Have you advised Leeds Building Society as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel? Sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued.

Planning on purchasing a house in Sutton Coldfield. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Barclays conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Sutton Coldfield conveyancer is on the Barclays conveyancing panel.

I have been told that property searches are the primary reason for hinderance in Sutton Coldfield conveyancing transactions. Is this right?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published conclusions of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the most frequent causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are unlikely to be the root cause of delay in conveyancing in Sutton Coldfield.

I have been on the look out for a flat up to £245,000 and identified one round the corner in Sutton Coldfield I like with amenity areas and transport links in the vicinity, the downside is that it's only got 49 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Sutton Coldfield in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a short lease?

If you need a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term will be problematic. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for a minimum of twenty four months you could ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease term with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor concerning this matter.

Having checked my lease I have discovered that there are only Seventy years unexpired on my lease in Sutton Coldfield. I am keen to extend my lease but my landlord is missing. What should I do?

If you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can submit an application to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be granted an extra 90 years by the Court. You will be obliged to demonstrate that you have done all that could be expected to track down the freeholder. On the whole an enquiry agent may be helpful to conduct investigations and to produce an expert document to be accepted by the court as evidence that the landlord can not be located. It is advisable to get professional help from a solicitor in relation to investigating the landlord’s absence and the application to the County Court overseeing Sutton Coldfield.

I purchased a split level flat in Sutton Coldfield, conveyancing was carried out half a dozen years ago. Can you give me give me an indication of the likely cost of a lease extension? Comparable flats in Sutton Coldfield with a long lease are worth £260,000. The ground rent is £50 charged once a year. The lease ceases on 21st October 2099

You have 75 years remaining on your lease the likely cost is going to be between £8,600 and £9,800 plus costs.

The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs in the absence of comprehensive investigations. You should not use this information in tribunal or court proceedings. There are no doubt additional issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously want to be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward placing reliance on this information without first getting professional advice.

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