"When buying or selling in the area, who you know matters as much as what you know. Fridaysmove-recommended Solicitors maintain close links with relevant local authorities."

Local issues considered by Tottenham Conveyancing Solicitors:

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

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

Lenders once permitted any solicitors' firm to join their panel. These panels were established so that firms could join and thereby perform legal work on mortgages on behalf of lenders. Recently, lenders have changed the criteria for the firms which they will accept on their panels. They have also reduced the size of their panels, removing firms which do not carry out much Conveyancing work or which they consider to have proved unsatisfactory in the past. If your conveyancing solicitor is not on your preferred lender's panel, then the lender will not instruct that firm to act in connection with the mortgage. You then have a choice:

• Instruct another firm who is on your lender's panel, or,
• Find a mortgage from a different lender

You could also choose to work with your current solicitor, but you will have to pay the lender's costs in addition to your own, as they will instruct a member of their panel. Issues to consider if you intend to swap to a firm on the panel:

• The second firm may have a different fee structure, or higher fees
• Work which the first solicitor has completed already may need to be paid for regardless of your decision.
• Your new conveyancing solicitor may have weaker local knowledge.

Official Local Authority Searches in Tottenham

If your are looking to purchase a new home in Tottenham your property lawyer will apply for Searches. The Local Authority for Tottenham is London Borough of Haringey Council, Civic Centre, High Road, Wood Green, London, N22 8LE. Tel: 020 8489 0002

Tottenham Stamp Duty Relief

Regions within Tottenham have been qualified as 'disadvantaged areas' eligible for stamp duty relief. Areas designated are identified by local government ward or electoral divisions. No stamp duty is payable on residential property purchases where the price paid is under £150,000. If it is thought that a property is in a disadvantaged area, but an online search does not confirm this, it may be necessary to make further enquiries with the local council. That said, for any purchase below £150,000, it is worth making a simple postcode search to find out if a property is in a Disadvantaged area. This search may not be 100% reliable, particularly in the case of new builds.