lenderpanel

Find a Crabtree Conveyancing Solictior on Your Lender’s Panel

Ready to buy a new home in Crabtree? Failing to check that a lawyer is on your lender’s list of approved solicitors can put your Crabtree conveyancing at risk of delay or failure.

Only LenderPanel.com provides a subset of authorised Crabtree conveyancers for over 130 lenders.


Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Crabtree

I can't travel far from Crabtree. What is the rationale as to why all Crabtree lawyers aren't included on all lender panels?

Even though it may seem unfair for lenders to limit who can act for them, from the public’s or lawyer’s viewpoint, the the contrary view is that lending institutions are increasingly anxious and feel it essential to protect them from mortgage fraud. As a consequence of this concern banks have reduced their panel of approved conveyancing lawyers to a manageable size.

Are the BSA planning on creating a searchable register to to identify solicitors on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society conveyancing panel for instance in Crabtree?

We are not aware of any intention on the part of the BSA to promote such a tool.

The estate agent has sent us the confirmation of our purchase of a new build flat in Crabtree. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build conveyancing.

Set out below are examples of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Crabtree

    Please confirm the Lease plans are architect prepared. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company? The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?

In my capacity as executor for the will of my grandmother I am selling a residence in Swansea but reside in Crabtree. My conveyancer (who is 260 kilometers awayneeds me to execute a statutory declaration ahead of completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Crabtree who can witness this legal document for me?

strictly speaking you should not need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are Crabtree based

Partway through the sale of a leasehold flat in Crabtree. Conveyancing is fine but we have been asked to pay a fortune from the freeholder. So far we have forked out £268 for a leasehold management pack and then another £118 for supplemental queries raised by the buyers conveyancer.

Your conveyancing practitioner will unlikely have any sway over the extent of the bill for this information but the average fee for the information for Crabtree leasehold premises is £350. For Crabtree conveyancing transactions it is customary for the owner to pay for these costs. The freeholder or their agents are under no statutory obligation to address such questions most will agree to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Regretfully there is no legislation that mandates fixed fees for administrative tasks. There is no set time limit by which they are obliged to issue the information.

Last updated

Find out more about how flying freehold can affect your the value of a property.