"Whether you are buying or selling, awareness of local considerations will positively impact the likelihood of a successful sale or purchase. Fridaysmove's Rye Conveyancing team is able to employ their local knowledge to help you move home sooner. They are also cognisant of the issues and considerations native to the area.

We have assisted home movers throughout Rye, including Conveyancing in TN31."

Local issues considered by Rye Conveyancing Solicitors:

Fridaysmove property lawyers in Rye are on all UK mortgage lender panels, including:

What are the consequences if your solicitor is not on your lender's panel?

Panels of solicitors are maintained by mortgage lenders in order to undertake legal work on mortgaged properties. However, mortgage lenders have started removing firms which do not carry out much work for them, or have not met certain additional criteria. These options are available to any homebuyer whose solicitor is not on their lender's panel:

• Obtain a mortgage from a less restrictive lender
• Instruct a solicitor whom your lender accepts
• Pay the lenders costs for their solicitor in addition to your own

It is usually cheaper to have the same firm act both for you and your lender, and carry out all the conveyancing work in connection with a purchase and the mortgage. If you choose to remain with your first choice of Rye-based solicitor, consider the following:

• Your lenders will instruct another firm, and you will have to pay their costs in addition to your own
• Your solicitor will have to send documents and information to the other solicitors, and wait for a response, which can cause delays
• Your case will be one of many which the lender's solicitors are dealing with, so it will be more difficult to engineer any priority treatment
• You cannot contact these solicitors directly, as they will be acting for the lender, not for you

Looking for a mortgage lender with a branch in Rye, East Sussex, try:

• Lloyds TSB Bank plc, 84, High St, TN31 7JP - Tel: 0845 3000000
• Nationwide Building Society, 92, High St, TN31 7JN - Tel: 0845 2660497
• NatWest Bank plc, 85, High St, TN31 7JS - Tel: 0845 6002803

Searches in Rye

When purchasing a home in Rye your conveyancer is required to carry out Official Local Authority Searches. The Local Authority for Rye is Rother District Council, Town Hall, Bexhill- on- Sea, East Sussex, TN39 3JX. Tel: 01424 787 878

Does your Rye purchase qualify for Stamp Duty Relief?

Around 2,000 wards nationwide are eligible for stamp duty relief. In England and Wales, they are based on electoral wards. As the areas which have been designated are based on local authority electoral wards, they do not always coincide with postcode districts. The postcode search tool cannot always be relied on to predict eligibility. Above this designated limit of £150k, the normal rates of duty apply, and no further relief may be available. By making a straightforward search by postcode, you can usually determine if a property purchase below £150,000 will benefit, however. This search may not be 100% reliable, particularly in the case of new builds.