I am progressing with the sale of my home in Heaton Moor and the EA has just text me to warn that the buyers are swapping conveyancer. The excuse is that the lender will only engage with solicitors on their conveyancing panel. Why would a leading mortgage company only deal with specific law firms rather the firm that they want to select to handle their conveyancing in Heaton Moor ?
UK lenders have always had panels of law firms that can act for them, but in recent years big names such as Santander, have considered and reduced their conveyancing panel– in some cases removing conveyancing firms who have represented them for decades.
Mortgage companies attribute this action to a rise in fraud by way of justification for the pruning – criteria have been narrowed as a smaller panel is easier to maintain. Banks tend not to reveal how many solicitors have been dropped, claiming the information is commercially sensitive, but the Law Society claims that it is being contacted daily by practices that have been removed from panels. Some are unaware that they have been dropped until contacted by a borrower who has instructed them as might be the situation in your buyers' case. The purchasers are unlikely to have any impact on this.
My husband and I have arranged a further advance on our mortgage from Kent Reliance as we intend to carry out a loft conversion to our property in Heaton Moor. Do we need to appoint a nearby Heaton Moor solicitor on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel to handle the legals?
Kent Reliance would not normally appoint a member of their conveyancing panel to handle such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Kent Reliance panel.
My fiancee and I are in the throws of looking at flats in Heaton Moor and I am about to put in an offer. Is it best to have a lawyer on ‘stand by’? I intend to finance via a mortgage with Nationwide.
You should start obtaining conveyancing quotes from solicitors ASAP. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their contact information on to the selling agent. As you are taking out a mortgage with Nationwide, ask your prospective lawyers if they are on the Nationwide conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.
I currently have a mortgage with Nottingham for my property in Heaton Moor. Conveyancing was finalised 12 months ago. If I am intending to rent out the flat and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a buy-to-let mortgage or inform Nottingham?
Nottingham must be informed of your intention in advance of letting out your property as this is likely to be a breach of Nottingham’s mortgage conditions. It may be that Nottingham will permit you to let out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Nottingham directly. It should not be necessary to do this via a Nottingham conveyancing panel lawyer.
4 months have gone by following my purchase conveyancing in Heaton Moor completed. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £160,000. 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 property 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.
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I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor for remortgage conveyancing in Heaton Moor. I've discover a web site which seems to have the perfect solution If it is possible to get all this stuff done via email that would be ideal. Should I be concerned? What are the potential pitfalls?
As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?
We have chosen a Heaton Moor conveyancing solicitor for our house purchase (FTB’s) and have picked up in the Ts and Cs that they are not overseen by the FCA. Need I be concerned or is that the norm with solicitor?
We can't see why they should be. Most conveyancer don't lend money. You should check that they are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, who set stringent laws regulating amounts deposited by them.