The vendors of the house we are hoping to buy are using a conveyancing solicitor in Morden who has suggested a preliminary contract with a payment two thousand pounds. Are such agreements sensible?

Exclusivity contracts are agreements binding a property vendor and prospective buyer giving the buyer the sole right to the sale of the premises within an agreed time frame. For all intents and purposes, a lock out is a document specifying that you will have a contract at a later date being the contract for the actual sale. It is generally used for buyer assurance though in some cases, the owner may enjoy an upside from such agreements as well. There are various positives and negatives to using them but you need to check with your lawyer but note that it may end up incurring more in conveyancing charges. In light of this these contracts are avoided when it comes to conveyancing in Morden.

I used Action Conveyancing a few years past for my conveyancing in Morden. I now require my file but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Morden of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I am buying a new build house in Morden benefiting from help to buy. The sellers would not move on the amount so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The house builders rep told me not inform my conveyancer about the side-deal as it will affect my mortgage with the lender. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.

I'm converting the mortgage on my primary property to a buy to let loan with Bank of Ireland and I will use the rest of the raised equity towards a second property. The area we are interested in is Morden. Will your lawyers be able to act for the two mortgage companies and tie in the transactions?

Do use our search tool on this page to check that the lawyers are on the relevant lender panels. Having checked that they are your solicitor will be able to tie up the two conveyancing matters but you should have a chat with you conveyancer and specify your desired outcome and requirements.

I'm going to be buying an apartment very soon in Morden. I will need a Morden conveyancing solicitor. The family lawyer is based in Jersey and unable to assist.Please can you suggest a good Morden property lawyer that would act for us as well as represent Co-operative?

The purpose of this site is restricted to being a directory service for conveyancing practitioners who want to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Co-operative in certain locations for example Morden . Our intention is not to recommend any specific conveyancing practitioner.