I am hoping to receive a offer of a home loan from Lloyds. My intention is to use a Licensed Conveyancer in Botany Bay. Does the Lloyds Conveyancing panel include Licensed Conveyancers?
The Lloyds approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders, represented by the CML or BSA, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
My partner and I are purchasing a new build flat in Botany Bay and my lawyer is telling me that she has to the bank to reveal incentives from the developer. I am on a tight deadline to exchange contracts and I would rather not prolong matters. is my lawyer playing by the book?
You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your lawyer. A precondition to being on a lender panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
I am assisting my step-mother sell her house in Botany Bay. Will the conveyancing solicitor commission an energy performance certificate or should I organise this?
Following the abolition of HIPs, EPC’s was kept a mandatory component of selling a house. An energy performance certificate should be to hand prior to the property being advertised. It is not as aspect of the sale process that law firms normally arrange. Where you are instructing a Botany Bay conveyancing practitioner they may be willing to arrange EPC’s due to their contacts with long established local assessors
When it comes to mortgage companies such as Clydesdale, do Botany Bay solicitors incur an annual charge to be on the conveyancing panel?
We are unaware of any mortgage company fees to be on their panel, although some do charge an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.
is it true that all Botany Bay conveyancing solicitors on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel are regulated by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?
As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel they would need to be governed by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. The majority of lenders do list licenced conveyancers on their panel and in that case the organisation would be governed by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
I used Action Conveyancing several years ago for my conveyancing in Botany Bay. I now require my papers however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Botany Bay of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I am downsizing from my house. My former solicitors have shut. I would be grateful for any recommendation of a conveyancing firm. Im based in Botany Bay if that affects matters.
Do use our search tool to help you choose a solicitor for your conveyancing in Botany Bay. We have connected thousands of home buyers and sellers with regulated solicitors to ensure that the legalities of their house move runs with a minimum of fuss.
My step-father has suggested that I appoint his lawyers for conveyancing in Botany Bay. Should I find my own solicitor?
Much as we are happy to recommend a Botany Bay conveyancing lawyer the best way to find a conveyancing practitioner is to seek referrals from friends or relatives who have actually experience in using the conveyancer you're contemplating using.