My IFA requires my Hindhead solicitor’s panel member for the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I discover this. I have e-mailed my local Hindhead office but they have not got back to me yet.

Have you tried contacting your Hindhead conveyancing practitioner about this?. They retain a central record lender panel numbers.

We are a couple about to sign contracts for a leasehold flat in Hindhead. We have hit a stumbling block. Our loan offer with Chelsea Building Society runs out on 19/3/2026 but the sellers are insisting on a completion date of 23/3/2026. Can one extend the loan expiry date?

The best person to deal with your concern is your solicitors who should determine if he or she is better off negotiating with the bank, seller’s conveyancers, estate agents or conceivably all parties given the circumstances your house move to date.

I have been told that property searches are the main cause of hinderance in Hindhead conveyancing transactions. Is that correct?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published findings of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature within the top 10 causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Searches are not likely to feature in any delay in conveyancing in Hindhead.

It has been 3 months since my purchase conveyancing in Hindhead took place. I have checked the Land Registry site which shows that I paid £200,000 when infact I paid £160,000. 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 asset 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'm buying a new build house in Hindhead with a mortgage from Nationwide Building Society. The sellers would not reduce the amount so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The estate agent suggested that I not inform my lawyer about this deal as it would put at risk my mortgage with the bank. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

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.