Are the Stretford conveyancing solicitors identified as being on the Aldermore conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by Aldermore?

Stretford conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Aldermore conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Aldermore directly.

I used Wolstenholmes a few years ago for my conveyancing in Stretford. I now require my file but the law firm has closed. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate 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 Stretford of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, 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 Stretford with a loan from Alliance & Leicester . The builders refused to reduce the price so I negotiated 6k of extras instead. The property agent advised me not inform my lawyer about the extras as it could impact my mortgage with the lender. Should I keep quiet?.

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.

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My wife and I are selling a Stretford ground floor flat left to us 8 years ago in 2011. I have over a decades worth of conveyancing experience and, although retired, intend to conduct my own conveyancing. The purchaser's conveyancing practitioner has informed me that their mortgage company will not allow us to do our own conveyancing mandating that the funds to be sent to a solicitor's bank account.

Lending requirements to lawyers from all mainstream lenders specify that If the seller does not have legal representation the purchaser’s lawyers should check whether the mortgage company needs to be notified so that a decision can be made as to whether they are willing to progress.