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Solicitors fees on endding mortgage

Our mortgage is coming to an end at the end of the year (after 25 years),.
Abbey, (apart from their completion costs), say we need to appoint a solicitor to manage the end of the the transfer of ownership, documents ,etc.
Anyone have an idea how much the solicitor will cost for the conveyancing/ completion? Or are we best doing what Martin suggests and leave £50 in the mortgage account to keep it alive!

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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    There is no transfer of ownership or conveyancing involved. The building society simply have a charge on the property which they will remove once the mortgage is discharged.
    The deeds will be sent to you to do as you wish with.
    People do sometime leave £1 owing to ensure that the BS store the deeds rather than themselves, however then you will technically still have a mortgage and make a monthly payment on their SVR.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • jill2002
    jill2002 Posts: 272 Forumite
    Abbey will give you the option of them doing the legal work (no cost) or you can appoint a solicitor - at cost to you.
    I am a Mortgage Adviser
    You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.
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