It is 10 years ago since I acquired my home in Kirkwhelpington. Conveyancing solicitors have now been retained on the sale but I am unable to find my title deeds. Will this jeopardise the sale?

Don’t worry too much. Firstly there is a chance that the deeds will be with the mortgage company or they could be in the possession of the conveyancers who handled the purchase. Secondly the chances are that the title will be recorded at the land registry and you will be able to establish that you are the registered owner by your conveyancing solicitors obtaining up to date copy of the land registers. Nearly all conveyancing in Kirkwhelpington relates to registered property but in the unlikely event that your property is unregistered it adds to the complexity but is not insurmountable.

Is there a search tool that I can use to investigate if the solicitor carrying out my conveyancing in Kirkwhelpington is on the mortgage lender’sconveyancing panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Nottingham Building Society thus spending £175.00 in another set of conveyancing invoice.

You should take advantage of the search tool on this page. Pick the lender and type ‘Kirkwhelpington’ or your preferred area and you will see numerous solicitors based in Kirkwhelpington or nearest you.

I have been pointed in your direction by numerous property agents in Kirkwhelpington to choose a solicitor on your site. What’s the financial incentive for Estate Agents to offer your services rather than alternative conveyancing organisations?

We refuse to make any referral fee for directing people in our direction. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission because a client could think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.

My husband and I are four weeks into a freehold purchase having been recommend to a firm by the high street agent to perform conveyancing in Kirkwhelpington. I am not happy. Could you help me find new conveyancers?

They would have to be very bad to suggest changing them. Has the loan offer been generated? If so you will need to make them aware of the new conveyancer and ensure the offer are re-sent. Your new solicitor ideally needs to be on the lenders approved list to avoid escalating expenses and complications. So that should be your starting point. Our find a solicitor tool can assist you in finding a lender approved conveyancer for your conveyancing in Kirkwhelpington

Me and my husband accepted an offer on a Kirkwhelpington flat left to us some years ago in 2011. I have over a decades worth of conveyancing knowledge and, now retired, intend to do my own legal work. The purchaser's property lawyer has informed me that their mortgage company will not allow us to do our own conveyancing insisting the funds to be passed via a solicitor's bank account.

Lending instructions to solicitors from all CML members state that If the vendor does not have legal representation the purchaser’s lawyers should check whether the lender needs to be told so that a decision can be made as to whether or not they are willing to progress.