Me and my husband are acquiring a flat in Dolgellau. My property lawyer is not listed on the bank conveyancing panel. Can I still retain my Dolgellau conveyancing solicitor even though they are not on the mortgage company approved list?

You have a couple of options available to you here

• Proceed with your preferred Dolgellau conveyancer but your lender will need to retain a property lawyer on their approved list. This will result in additional charges and potential delay.
• Get a fresh lawyer to conduct the conveyancing, obviously checking they are on the lender conveyancing panel.
• Appeal to your conveyancing practitioner to apply to join the lender panel

AssumingI was to buy a simple residential propertyin Dolgellau mortgage fee and dispense with a survey and no conveyancing searches how much would I expect to to save on my conveyancing in Dolgellau?

The only saving you would make on is the Dolgellau conveyancing searches. A lawyer still got to do everything else - money laundering, communicating with your vendors property lawyer, SDLT submission, register the property etc. A slight saving might be made by not having to register a charge but it won't be meaningful.

When can the exchange of contracts take place for sale conveyancing in Dolgellau and do I need to attend the lawyers branch?

Where you are round the corner to our conveyancing solicitors in Dolgellau you are welcome to attend to sign the paperwork. That being said, the lender approved solicitors we recommend offer countrywide coverage for conveyancing and provide as equally diligent and professional a job for you when communicating with you electronically. The executing of the property agreement is not the point of no return. A signed contract is just a prerequisite for the solicitor to officially exchange when the time is right, which is ordinarily shortly after signing. The procedure is nowadays normally dealt with by telephone and can be very rapid, although where a long "chain" is in the mix, since the process requires the relevant party's solicitor (not necessarily a conveyancing solicitor in Dolgellau)to be in the office at the appropriate time.

How do I search for a Dolgellau solicitor on the Yorkshire Building Society conveyancing panel? I drive a motor bike and am happy to travel upto 10kilometers to meet the conveyancer.

Feel free to make use of the search on this website. Please choose the bank and your location and you will see a number of Dolgellau conveyancing lawyers located nearest you. We have detailed some Dolgellau conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can contact them to see if they are on the Yorkshire Building Society approved list

Am I better off to choose a Dolgellau conveyancing lawyer based in the area that I am hoping to buy? We have a good friend who can deal with the legal work however they are based 200kilometers away.

The benefit of a high street Dolgellau conveyancing practice is that you can pop in to execute documents, hand in your identification documents and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local knowledge which is a plus. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If if people you trust used your friend and the majority were happy that should trump using an unknown Dolgellau conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being based in the area.