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Giving deposit
chrisgeller
Posts: 99 Forumite
Hi,
I'm a first time buyer, currently going through conveyancing.
My lawyer tells me that she has a number of enquiries with regard to the property.
The vendor's solicitor are pushing for the contract to be signed and for our solicitor to hold the deposit. She describes this as "premature". It seems very odd to me in general.
The vendor is abroad and I suppose this would satisfy him that we have the money - and I suppose it isn't as if my own solicitors could go ahead and give it to them without our consent?
Does anyone have an opinion on this?
I'm a first time buyer, currently going through conveyancing.
My lawyer tells me that she has a number of enquiries with regard to the property.
The vendor's solicitor are pushing for the contract to be signed and for our solicitor to hold the deposit. She describes this as "premature". It seems very odd to me in general.
The vendor is abroad and I suppose this would satisfy him that we have the money - and I suppose it isn't as if my own solicitors could go ahead and give it to them without our consent?
Does anyone have an opinion on this?
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Take the advice of your solicitor, they are best placed to know the correct way forward.0
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