We note that you have a search directory identifying solicitors on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I retain them for our own conveyancing in Yorkshire Dales?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Yorkshire Dales.
This question may be naive but I am new to the process as a 1st time purchaser of a garden flat in Yorkshire Dales. Do I pick up the keys to the property on completion from my solicitor? If so, I will appoint a local conveyancing solicitor in Yorkshire Dales?
On the day of completion you do not need to attend the conveyancers office in Yorkshire Dales. Your solicitors will electronically transfer the purchase money to the vendor’s conveyancers, and shortly after the monies have arrived, you will be able to collect the keys from the property Agents and start moving into the property. This tends to happen between 1 and 3pm.
Can you help - my lawyer advises that lack of planning permission insurance is required on my purchase. What is the level of cover for Yorkshire Dales conveyancing?
The right level of lack of planning permission indemnity insurance should be dictated by who your lender. It would differ for example between HSBC Bank and Leeds Building Society. Conveyancing lawyers as opposed to borrowers take out such insurances.
Co-operative have agreed my home loan in principle, my offer on a flat in Yorkshire Dales has been agreed to, what are the next steps?
Your estate agent will want to know who your solicitors are (make sure the lawyers are on the lender’s panel). Telephone Co-operative or your broker and complete any appropriate forms. Co-operative will instruct a valuer who will get in touch with the estate agent or seller to book a slot for the valuation to take place. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes about a fortnight for the mortgage offer to be issued. Co-operative will send the offer to you and your solicitors. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Yorkshire Dales.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to our property are lost. The solicitors who conducted the conveyancing in Yorkshire Dales 4 years ago are no longer around. What are my options?
Nowadays there are duplicates made of almost everything, and your conveyancer will be aware precisely where to look for all the appropriate documentation so you can buy or sell your house without a hitch. If copies are not available, your lawyer may be able to put in place insurance or indemnities against possible claims on the premises.
I have been advised by a number of selling agents in Yorkshire Dales to locate a solicitor on your site. Is there a financial advantage for Estate Agents to recommend your services ahead of a competitor’s?
We don’t make any commission for directing people to this site. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission as home movers will think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.
As co-executor for the will of my grandfather I am disposing of a house in Newport but live in Yorkshire Dales. My solicitor (based 300 kilometers from meneeds me to execute a statutory declaration prior to completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Yorkshire Dales who can witness and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Yorkshire Dales based