Will conveyancers ask for an advanced payment when it comes to conveyancing in Tadcaster?

If you are buying a property in Tadcaster your lawyer will ask you to provide them with funds to cover the search fees. This will be the total of the cost of the Local Authority Search. When the down payment is payable against the purchase price then this should be required immediately prior to exchange of contracts. The closing balance that is needed should be transferred shortly before completion.

I am selling my flat in Tadcaster. Will the solicitor need to be required to be on the Aldermore conveyancing panel in order to deal with redeeming my mortgage?

Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Aldermore 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 conditions fairly frequently at the moment.

Is there a list of Skipton panel solicitors in Tadcaster on the Building Society Association’s Website?

No. There is no such directory service on the CML or Building Society Association websites. Very few lending institutions make their panel listings visible on the web. If you are looking for a Tadcaster conveyancer on the Skipton please make the most of our tool.

Last month we had a mortgage agreed in principle with Skipton. Tadcaster conveyancing lawyers are appointed. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Skipton?

There is no definitive answer here. Have Skipton conducted the survey? Have you informed Skipton as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Skipton conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through.

I recently had an offer accepted on an apartment in Tadcaster. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their lawyer. I paid an advanced payment of £225. A couple of days later, the lawyer called me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Bank of Ireland panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

I am looking for a flat up to £195,000 and identified one close by in Tadcaster I like with a park and railway links nearby, the downside is that it only has 61 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Tadcaster suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a lease with such few years left?

If you require a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term will likely be problematic. Discount the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current proprietor has owned the premises for at least 2 years you can ask them to start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing lawyer concerning this matter.

Our solicitor in Tadcaster has requested from me ID documents saying that this is part of his retainer as a conveyancer on the mortgage company Conveyancing panel. Am I being spun a yarn?

Due to Money Laundering Regulations your conveyancing lawyer is duty bound to confirm positively your identification when entering into a business relationship with you. It is a criminal offence if your lawyer not do this. If you do not provide ID early in the transaction the solicitor must refuse to act for you. It’s unlikely a lawyer will turn you away if you come to the first meeting without relevant ID but you will have to produce it at some point so you might as well bring it with you to the initial meeting so the lawyer can tick the ID verification box and start sorting out the conveyancing straight away. If you are getting a mortgage, your lawyer also has to check ID documents to satisfy the bank. This is not specific to conveyancing in Tadcaster