AssumingI was to buy a simple residential housein Mitcham Junction for cash and have no survey and no local authority searches how much could I expect to have to pay for conveyancing in Mitcham Junction?

Any savings you would make would be isolated to the disbursement for searches. Your still be obliged to do everything else - money laundering, communicating with the vendors , stamp duty return, register the property etc. You might save a bit for them not needing to register a mortgage but it won't be meaningful.

I have been told that property searches are the primary cause of hinderance in Mitcham Junction house deals. Is that correct?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published conclusions of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure within the most frequent causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are not likely to be the root cause of slowing down conveyancing in Mitcham Junction.

four months have gone by since my purchase conveyancing in Mitcham Junction took place. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £180,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the residence from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I decided to have a survey carried out on a house in Mitcham Junction ahead of appointing lawyers. I have been told that there is a flying freehold aspect to the property. The surveyor advised that some mortgage companies tend refuse to issue a loan on a flying freehold home.

It varies from the lender to lender. Santander has different instructions from Halifax. If you call us we can investigate further via the relevant mortgage company. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Mitcham Junction. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Mitcham Junction especially if they are familiar with such properties in Mitcham Junction.

Is it simple use your search facility to locate a conveyancing solicitor in Mitcham Junction on the authorised to act for my bank?

1st select a mortgage company such as , or then type in your preferred area for example Mitcham Junction. Conveyancing practices in Mitcham Junction and nationally should be identified.