What is the first thing I need to know concerning purchase conveyancing in Canton?
Not many law firms shout this from the rooftops but conveyancing in Canton and elsewhere in Cardiff is often a confrontational process. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there exists lots of opportunity for friction between you and other parties involved in the transaction. For instance, the seller, selling agent and on occasion a lender. Choosing a law firm for your conveyancing in Canton is a critical decision as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONLY party in the legal process whose interest is to look after your legal interests and to protect you.
We are witnessing a definite creep of a "blame" culture- someone must be blamed for the process taking so long. You should always trust your solicitor ahead of the other players when it comes to the legal transfer of property.
We hope to to buy with Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. I dropped in 3 or 4 high street companies yet am struggling to find a Canton conveyancing firm on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society approved list. Could you assist?
Please do take advantage of the search tool on this page. Pick the lender and type Canton or your preferred area and you will discover a number of lawyer based in Canton or near you.
three months have gone by following my purchase conveyancing in Canton completed. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £170,000. 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 property 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 am looking to sell my house. My former conveyancers closed down. It would be helpful to have a recommendation of a conveyancing firm. Im based in Canton if that makes things easier.
Do use our search tool to help you choose a solicitor for your conveyancing in Canton. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with regulated solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move goes with a minimum of fuss.
My partner and I are purchasing a ground floor flat in Canton. At the time of instructing our property lawyer, they assured us that they were on all mainstream mortgage company panels. The mortgage broker emailed just now to say that they are not on the RBS approved list. Were it to be true, what should we do? Do we just find a new conveyancer that is on their panel or do we pay for separate representation, with RBS appointing their own preferred solicitor.
When purchasing a property with mortgage finance it is normal for the buyer’s lawyers to also act for the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a lawyer has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the property lawyer to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict conditions which the conveyancer has to fulfill. Some banks now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme. Your solicitor should call RBS to find out if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You don't have to instruct a firm on RBS's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Canton lawyers, in which case it will likely add costs, and it will likely delay the transaction as you have another set of people involved.