Unfortunately I am unable to travel far from Boreham. Please clarify why all Boreham conveyancing practitioners aren't included on all lender panels?
Before the recession most lenders exhibited an approach to risk which differs from the current day. The FSA in 2010 conducted a thematic review into fraud which in summary warned lenders: know the conveyancing practitioners on your panel. Accordingly, banks have subsequently looked to extract more information from law firms regarding their operations and the staff employed by them and set certain criteria such as completing a minimum volume of transactions. Hundreds of firms have found themselves excluded from lender panels even though they had 100% healthy track record, no complaints and no claims and didn't just 'dabble' in conveyancing. Such firms found it impossible meet the minimum amount of transactions the mortgage companies insisted on.
In what way does my ID and proof of funds have anything to do with my conveyancing in Boreham? What am I being asked for?
In order to comply with Money Laundering Regulations any Boreham conveyancing firm will require proof of identity in all conveyancing transactions. This is usually satisfied by provision of a passport and an original bank statement or utility bill evidencing your correct address.
Under Money Laundering Regulations, conveyancers are obliged by law to check not only the ID of conveyancing clients but also the source of monies that they receive in respect of any matter. An unwillingness to disclose this will result in your solicitor cancelling their relationship with you, as clearly this will cause a conflict between the set Regulations and a refusal to disclose.
Your property lawyers are duty bound to inform the appropriate authorities should they believe that any amounts received by them may contravene the Anti-terror and anti-money-laundering rules.
I am buying a house and require a conveyancing solicitor in Boreham who is on the Nottingham Building Society conveyancing. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a solicitor?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Nottingham Building Society in certain locations such as Boreham. We dont recommend any particular firm.
Is it the case that all Boreham solicitor firms on the Virgin Money conveyancing panel are overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Virgin Money approved list of solicitors they would need to be governed by the SRA. Many mortgage companies do list licenced conveyancers on their panel and in such a situation the practice would be overseen by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
I recently had an offer agreed on an apartment in Boreham. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their property lawyer. I paid an on account payment of £175. A couple of days later, the conveyancer called me to say that they were not on the Yorkshire BS 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 Yorkshire BS 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.
Having digested plenty of house buying guides, I note that it is considered advisable to get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my local Boreham solicitor - who is on the TSB conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. Is that normal?
TSB will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually TSB will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Boreham surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.
Just bought a terraced house in Boreham , how long should it take for the Land Registry to deal with the formalities evidencing the transfer to my name? My Boreham conveyancing solicitor works at snail pace, so I want to be sure that my name is recorded.
As far as conveyancing in Boreham is concerned, registration is no quicker or slower than anywhere else in England and Wales. Rather than based on location, timeframes can vary depending on who lodges the application, whether there are errors and if the Land registry communicate with any other parties. As of today approximately three quarters of submission are fully dealt with in less than three weeks but occasionally there can be extensive hold-ups. Historically registration is effected once the purchaser is living at the premises therefore an expedited registration is not usually an essential issue yet if it is urgent that the the registration takes place urgently then you or your conveyancer could communicate with the Registry to express the reasoning for the application to be prioritised.
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