My fiance and I are looking to acquire a property in Beddington South and are in fact using a Beddington South conveyancing firm. Within the past 48 hours our lawyer has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through with a view to exchanging next week. Bank of Ireland have this afternoon contacted us to advise us that there is now an issue as our Beddington South solicitor is not on their conveyancing panel. Please explain?
If you are buying a property requiring a mortgage it is usual for the purchasers' lawyers to also act for the mortgage company. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your property lawyer should contact your bank and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the lender’s conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Beddington South lawyers, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it may delay matters as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.
My grandmother passed away 10 months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the house in Beddington South. The house had a small mortgage left on it of around £5k. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Virgin Money, pay off the mortgage. Is this possible?
If you intend to re-mortgage then Virgin Money will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Virgin Money conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Virgin Money mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
What is the difference between a licensed conveyancer and conveyancing solicitor in Beddington South
There are two types of lawyers who can conduct conveyancing in Beddington South namely licenced conveyancers or solicitors. The two can provide the legal services that you need to complete the sale or acquisition of property. Both are obliged to conduct Beddington South conveyancing to the same standards and guidelines so you can be safe in the knowledge that your conveyancing will be properly administered and that the necessary procedures will be accurately followed.
It is unclear whether my mortgage offer obliges me to make sure the lease term for the flat is extended prior to the completion date. I have telephoned my Beddington South building society branch on various occasions and was informed it wasn't an issue and they would lend. My Beddington South conveyancing solicitor - who is on the bank conveyancing panel- called and was told they would not lend based on their UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook minimum lease term requirements. Who do I believe?
As long as the conveyancing practitioner is on the lender panel, she or he must comply with the CML Handbook conditions for the bank. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the bank will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the bank to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years left on the lease.
I recently had an offer accepted on an apartment in Beddington South. My financial adviser suggested a property lawyer. I paid an on account payment of £175. Shortly after, the conveyancer contacted me to say that they were not on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Bank of Ireland panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my property are lost. The lawyers who conducted the conveyancing in Beddington South 5 years ago no longer exist. Will I be able to sell the house?
Gone are the days when you need to hold title original deeds to establish that you are the registered proprietor of land or premises, given that the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.
I'm buying a new build house in Beddington South with a mortgage from Chelsea Building Society. The sellers refused to move on the price so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent suggested that I not reveal to my conveyancer about this deal as it would impact my loan with the lender. Should I keep quiet?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
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