I am expecting a mortgage with Nat West. I would like to instruct a Licensed Conveyancer in Beckenham. Does the Nat West Conveyancing panel include Licensed Conveyancers?
The Nat West approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders, associated to the Council or Mortgage Lenders or BSA, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the CLC.
We are buying a brand new flat in Beckenham and my conveyancer is advising me that she is duty bound to the lender to reveal incentives from the developer. I am nearing the developer’s deadline to exchange and I don't want to prolong deal. is my lawyer playing by the book?
You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your conveyancing practitioner. A precondition to being on a mortgage company panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook specifications. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
We are looking to buy a house and require a conveyancing solicitor in Beckenham who is on the Aldermore solicitor panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a firm?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Aldermore . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Beckenham.
I decided to have a survey completed on a house in Beckenham before retaining lawyers. I have been informed that there is a flying freehold element to the house. Our surveyor has said that some banks will refuse to give a loan on this type of premises.
It depends who your proposed lender is. Santander has different instructions for example to Halifax. Should you wish to call us we can check with the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Beckenham. Conveyancing will be smoother if you use a solicitor in Beckenham especially if they are familiar with such properties in Beckenham.
I need to instruct a conveyancing practitioner in Beckenham for my home move. Is it possible to review a solicitor's record with the profession’s regulator?
One can see published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions resulting from inquisitions commenced on or after 1 January 2008. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For information Pre 2008, or to check a firm's record, phone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. International callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA could monitor call for training reasons.
We had our mortgage approved last Friday with our bank. We have retained a local conveyancer in Beckenham yesterday. Today, our mortgage adviser phoned to advise us that the mortgage company said that we cannot use our solicitor as they aren't on their panel. As FTB's, we did not have a clue that the bank had a say Is this allowed?
You can actually instruct any lawyer you want to use including the said conveyancer in Beckenham however if your lender aren't happy with them you will have to fork out an extra fee so the bank can retain their own conveyancer too. On occasion it is possible your solicitor may apply to get included on to the mortgage company panel. You can use web-based tools including lenderpanel.com to find a conveyancing solcitor in Beckenham on the mortgage company panel. You can go into your local bank branch in Beckenham. They will know some good conveyancing solicitors in Beckenham on the lender panel.