Would the conveyancing lawyers that you recommend perform attended exchange conveyancing in Tulse Hill?

We do have a number of conveyancing experts who can conduct personalised exchanges. You should contact us to secure a costs illustration and details as to availability.

What is the first thing I need to know about purchase conveyancing in Tulse Hill?

You may not hear this from too many lawyers but conveyancing in Tulse Hill and elsewhere in England and Wales is often a confrontational process. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there is plenty of room for conflict between you and other parties involved in the transaction. For instance, the vendor, property agent and even potentially a lender. Appointing a law firm for your conveyancing in Tulse Hill is a critical decision as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the SOLE person in the legal process whose interest is to protect your best interests and to protect you.

There is a definite ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone must be blamed for the process being so protracted. We recommend that you should always trust your lawyer above all other players in the home moving process.

When it comes to lenders such as Lloyds, do Tulse Hill solicitors have to pay a yearly amount to be on the list of approved solicitors?

We are unaware of any mortgage company fees to be on their list of approved firms, although some do charge an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel application.

I have paid off my mortgage with TSB. I assume I don't need a Tulse Hill property lawyer on the TSB panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?

If you have finished paying off your TSB mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the TSB mortgage from the register. TSB, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

1. but are not moving to another property
2. where TSB has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
3. TSB has instructed the Land Registry to do so

I recently had an offer accepted on an apartment in Tulse Hill. My mortgage broker suggested a solicitor. I paid an on account payment of £150. Not long after, the lawyer contacted me to say that they were not on the Yorkshire BS 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 Yorkshire BS 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.

Is it possible to swap solicitor as I need to retain one who is on the Barclays Direct conveyancing list. I hired a local conveyancing solicitor in Tulse Hill five minutes from me but the firm is not accepted by Barclays Direct

It would be our pleasure to help you find a conveyancing solicitor in Tulse Hill on the Barclays Direct panel. Please note that the property lawyers that we list do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Tulse Hill. Using the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this website, you can scrutinise costs for conveyancing solicitors in Tulse Hill and throughout England and Wales.

Been reading online that Tulse Hill solicitors are more costly than Tulse Hill conveyancers in Tulse Hill when it comes to purchasing a house. Am I better off using a conveyancer or a solicitor if I am buying a house in Tulse Hill.

When it comes to conveyancing in Tulse Hill the costs are unlikely to vary dramatically depending on whether the legal expert is a licenced conveyancer or solicitor.