My husband and I are looking to purchase a property in Dunnington and are in fact using a Dunnington conveyancing firm. Within the past 48 hours our lawyer has forwarded the sale agreement to be signed with a detailed report with a view to exchanging next week. Leeds Building Society have this morning contacted us to advise us that there is now an issue as our Dunnington lawyer is not on their conveyancing panel. What do we do from here?
When purchasing a property with mortgage finance it is conventional 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 solicitor should contact your lender 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 and you may continue to use your own Dunnington solicitors, in which case it will likely add costs, and it will likely delay the transaction as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.
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Are the Dunnington conveyancing solicitors identified as being on the Principality conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by Principality?
Dunnington conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Principality conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Principality directly.
Me and my partner are buying a apartment in Dunnington. I might seem paranoid but how we can trust a lawyer? At some point we will need to deposit funds into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our money?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
We had chosen conveyancing lawyers with offices in Dunnington on the Leeds Building Society solicitor panel. They have just billed me a further amount for the legal aspects of the Leeds Building Society mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee set by Leeds Building Society?
Unfortunately, so long as it is in their Terms of Engagement or Quote then yes your lawyer may charge a fee for this. The fee is not set by Leeds Building Society but by your Dunnington conveyancer. Some firms on the Leeds Building Society panel will quote ’dealing with mortgage’ fee but many practices include it on their overall fee.
UBS have agreed my home loan in principle, my offer on a property in Dunnington has been accepted, what happens next?
The property agent will want to know who your solicitors are (ensure that the lawyers are on the bank’s approved list). Contact UBS or your broker and finish off any appropriate paperwork. UBS will instruct a valuer who will get in touch with the selling agent or seller to schedule an appointment. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes about ten days to receive the mortgage offer. UBS will issue the offer to you and your property lawyers. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Dunnington.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a leasehold apartment up to £235,500 and identified one close by in Dunnington I like with open areas and railway links in the vicinity, however it's only got 51 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Dunnington suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a short lease?
Should you need a mortgage that many years will be problematic. Discount the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the current proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of 2 years you could ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.
Our solicitor in Dunnington has identified a a problem with the lease for the flat we are purchasing in Dunnington. The seller’s lawyers have suggested defective title insurance as a workaround. We are happy with insurance and will cover the costs. Our solicitor has advised that as he is on the mortgage company conveyancing panel he must be satisfied that the lender is happy with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the mortgage company?
Just because you have a mortgage offer from the lender does not mean to say that the property will be meet their requirements for the purposes of a mortgage. Your Dunnington conveyancing lawyer has to ensure that the lease has to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook Requirements. You and the bank are the client. The appropriate lender requirements have to be complied with by the bank conveyancing panel who has to balance acting for you and the mortgage company