My mortgage broker requires my Hartlepool solicitor’s panel member for the HSBC conveyancing panel. How do I discover this. I have tried my local Hartlepool office but they don't know it.
The sensible thing to do is ask for this information from your Hartlepool conveyancer . They keep a central record lender panel numbers.
What is the optimum way to discover of the solicitor conducting my conveyancing in Hartlepool is on the bank’sapproved panel? I am looking to avoid the situation of having one lawyer for me and one for Bank of Scotland thus paying £175.00 in supplemental conveyancing charges.
Please do take advantage of the find a conveyancing panel solicitor tool on this site. Please choose the mortgage company and type ‘Hartlepool’ or your location and you will discover numerous conveyancers offices in Hartlepool or nearest you.
We had selected solicitors locally in Hartlepool on the Nottingham solicitor approved list. They have just invoiced me a further sum for handling the Nottingham mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee set by Nottingham?
Unfortunately, as long as it is in their Terms and Conditions or estimate then yes your property lawyer is entitled to levy a fee for this. This charge is not dictated by Nottingham but by your Hartlepool conveyancing practitioner. Numerous firms on the Nottingham panel will levy an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.
I'm in the throws of viewing apartments in Hartlepool and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it advisable to have my solicitor on ‘stand by’? I will be getting a mortgage with HSBC.
It would be sensible to commence your search sooner rather than later. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and forward their details on to the selling agent. As you are taking out a mortgage with HSBC, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the HSBC conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.
At last I have had an offer on a maisonette in Hartlepool accepted, but there is a chain. The vendors have offered on somewhere, but it’s not yet tied up, and are looking at other flats booked. I have instructed a nearby conveyancing solicitor in Hartlepool. What should be my next step? When do I get the mortgage application with Principality started?
It is usual to have apprehensions where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket too early (home loan application is in the region of £1k, then survey, Hartlepool conveyancing search charges, etc). First, you must check that your conveyancing practitioner is on the Principality approved list. As to the next steps this very much dictated by the circumstances of your transaction, attraction to the property and on the state of the market. In a rising market many buyers will apply for a home loan with Principality and pay for the valuation and only if it was satisfactory would they pay their solicitor to move forward with searches.
It has been 3 months since my purchase conveyancing in Hartlepool took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £180,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the residence from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
How do I locate a Hartlepool law firm on the TSB conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel upto 10miles to meet the solicitor.
You can use the search on this website. Please select a lender and your location and you will see a number of Hartlepool conveyancing lawyers based on proximity. We have detailed some Hartlepool conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can ring them to verify whether they are on the TSB member panel
For various reasons I am not able to travel my Hartlepool conveyancing practitioners office to sign documents connected to my conveyancing in Hartlepool – will this be an issue?
Not a problem. Hartlepool conveyancing lawyers can undertake conveyancing transactions for clients wider afield. You are unlikely to be required to attend a Hartlepool conveyancers office. They can undertake all communications using post, email, telephone and fax.