Please could you recommend a Santander sanctioned Newport conveyancing lawyer that can complete within 28 days? Would it be better to use a local Newport firm or a nationwide conveyancer?

We can recommend some very good Newport conveyancing firms. You can also walk up the main road in Newport. Visit two or three firms and ask to speak with a conveyancing solicitor for a costs illustration. Explain your time frames together with the reasons and ask for an assurance on speed. Choose the lawyer that appears most efficient.

I am purchasing a flat and need a conveyancing solicitor in Newport who is on the Barclays Direct conveyancing. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a conveyancing firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Barclays Direct in certain locations such as Newport. We dont recommend any particular firm.

I have todaybecome aware that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Newport for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 10 months ago. How can I be sure that the property is in my name in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest method to see if the premises is in your name, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Newport conveyancing specialists.

I'm purchasing my first flat in Newport with the aid of help to buy. The builders would not reduce the price so I negotiated £7000 of extras instead. The house builders rep told me not disclose to my conveyancer about the deal as it would affect my loan with Alliance & Leicester . Is this normal?.

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.

I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I have offered on two weeks back in what was supposed to be a straight forward, no chain conveyancing. Newport is where the house is located. What do you suggest?

Flying freeholds in Newport are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Newport you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Newport may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.