It has come to my attention via my broker that my Saltdean property lawyer is not on the lender Conveyancing panel. What can I do to be sure if this is correct?
Your first step should be to contact your Saltdean lawyer directly. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to notify you of the situation. Where they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the conveyancing panel for your mortgage company.
My nephew is purchasing a newly built flat in Saltdean with a home loan from . His conveyancer has said that there is a delay in receiving the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. What is this document - I have never come across this before?
The form is intended to provide information to the main parties engaged in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the surveyor when asked. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
Finally the sale completed on my house in Saltdean last October but the buyer keeps e-mailing me to say their solicitor is waiting to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done now that I have sold?
After completion of your disposal your lawyer is duty bound to deliver the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's solicitors. If applicable, your conveyancer must also evidence that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been repaid to the buyers solicitors. There is unlikely to be post completion tasks unique to conveyancing in Saltdean.
I need some quick conveyancing in Saltdean as I am faced with a deadline to sign on the dotted line within 4 weeks. Fortunately I do not need a mortgage. Is it possible to avoid the conveyancing searches to save money and time?
As you are not taking a home loan you are at liberty not to do searches although no lawyer would recommend that you don't. Drawing on our experience of conveyancing in Saltdean the following are instances of what can arise and adversely affect future mortgageability: Refused Planning Applications, Overdue Charges, Outstanding Grants, Road Schemes,...
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