Having been suggested to visit your organisation we were going to appoint conveyancing solicitor in Blyth endorsed on your site but have come across alternative fee calculations via the web look cheaper – why is this?

There are plenty of conveyancers advertising what appear to be cut price. You should give due consideration about how much you respect your own move to you are willing to take 'cheap' risks in relation to the quality of the legal work. Some hide fees well inside the terms of engagement. The law firms that we list for conveyancing in Blyth neverdo this.

We see that you have a search directory listing firms on the UBS conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I appoint them for our own conveyancing in Blyth?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the UBS conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Blyth.

I have todaybeen informed that Stirling Law have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in Blyth for a purchase of a freehold house 9 months ago. How can I be sure that my home is in my name in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest method to check if the premises is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Blyth conveyancing specialists.

I'm buying my first flat in Blyth benefiting from help to buy. The builders would not budge the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The property agent suggested that I not inform my conveyancer about this deal as it could jeopardize my mortgage with the lender. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

I today discovered that one of the partners of the firm acting on the purchase conveyancing in Blyth is is the mother of the owners that we are buying from. Is this acceptable?

As long as there is no conflict of interest this should be fine. If you are needing mortgage finance then the bank may have a say as many banks have specific requirements on this. For example for Barclays plc as of 22/1/2026, the requirements read as follows :