My wife and I are looking to acquire a home in Holme On Spalding Moor and are in fact using a Holme On Spalding Moor conveyancing practice. Within the past 48 hours our solicitor has forwarded the sale agreement to be signed with a detailed report with the expectation that exchange is imminent. Accord Mortgages Ltd have this morning contacted us to advise us that they have now hit a problem as our Holme On Spalding Moor lawyer is not on their approved list of lawyers. What do we do from here?
Where you are buying a property with the assistance of a mortgage it is standard 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 Quality Scheme. Your property lawyer 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 don't have to instruct a firm on the lender’s conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Holme On Spalding Moor lawyers, in which case it will likely add costs, and it will likely delay the transaction as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.
My wife and I are nearing an exchange on a flat in Holme On Spalding Moor and my mum and dad have transferred the 10% deposit to my property lawyer. I am now told that as the deposit has not come from me my conveyancing practitioner needs to disclose this to my mortgage company. Apparently, in also acting for the mortgage company he must advise them that the balance of the purchase price is coming from anyone other than me. I disclosed to the mortgage company about my parents' contribution when I applied for the mortgage, so is it really necessary for this now to hold matters up?
The property lawyer is duty bound to check with lender to make sure that they know that the balance of the purchase price is not from your own funds. The solicitor can only notify this to your lender if you agree, failing which, your lawyer must cease to continue acting.
My aunt passed away six months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the property in Holme On Spalding Moor. The house had a relatively small loan left on it of around £5k. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Leeds Building Society, pay off the mortgage. Is this allowed?
Where you plan to re-mortgage then Leeds Building Society will require that you use a conveyancer on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Leeds Building Society mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
I require quick conveyancing in Holme On Spalding Moor as I have pressure to exchange contracts inside 2 weeks. Luckily I do not need a mortgage. Is it possible to escape the need for conveyancing searches to save money and time?
As you are not obtaining a home loan you are at liberty not to do searches although no lawyer would advise that you don't. Drawing on our experience of conveyancing in Holme On Spalding Moor the following are examples of what can be revealed and adversely affect market value: Enforcement Actions, Outstanding Charges, Outstanding Grants, Unadopted Roads,...
In my capacity as executor for the estate of my uncle I am disposing of a property in Newport but reside in Holme On Spalding Moor. My solicitor (based 250 kilometers from merequires that I execute a stat dec ahead of the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing practitioner in Holme On Spalding Moor who can witness this legal document for me?
Technically speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily or notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are located in Holme On Spalding Moor
My husband and I have an offer in principle from Lloyds TSB Bank who said we could borrow up to £218k. When do I need to instruct a lawyer for conveyancing? Holme On Spalding Moor is where we are .
You can instruct a solicitor now and ask them to generate a file on your behalf. This will enable: 1) the estate agent to issue a Sales Memo to the relevant parties 2) the seller’s lawyer to send out the draft paperwork. However, do not ask your solicitor to start searches until you receive your valuation report from Lloyds TSB Bank and you are happy to move forward.