I am obtaining a mortgage offer from Lloyds. I would like to instruct a Licensed Conveyancer in Lincolnshire. Does the Lloyds Conveyancing panel allow for Licensed Conveyancers?
The Lloyds approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders, associated to the Council or Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the CLC.
I am assisting my niece sell her property in Lincolnshire. Does the solicitor order an energy performance certificate or should I organise this?
After the demise of HIPs, energy performance certificates was left as a mandatory component of selling a house. An EPC needs to be to hand prior to the property being marketed. It is not a task that solicitors ordinarily arrange. Where you are using a Lincolnshire conveyancing practitioner they may be able to arrange EPC’s due to their contacts with long established Lincolnshire accredited person
When it comes to lenders such as Clydesdale, do Lincolnshire lawyers have to pay a fee to be on the list of approved solicitors?
We are not aware of any lender fees to be on their panel, although some do charge an administration fee to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel application.
We have a mortgage agreed in principle with Santander. Lincolnshire conveyancing practitioners have been appointed. How long does it take for Santander to issue the offer to the solicitor?
There is no definitive answer here. Have Santander done the survey? Have you advised Santander as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Santander conveyancing panel? Sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly identified as part of conveyancing in Lincolnshire?
Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Lincolnshire. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
How easy is it to swap conveyancer as I have to retain a firm on the Aldermore conveyancing panel. I instructed a family conveyancing solicitor in Lincolnshire round the corner but the firm is not accepted by Aldermore
We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Lincolnshire on the Aldermore panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we on the directory do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Lincolnshire. In utilising search facility on this website, you can scrutinise costs for conveyancing solicitors in Lincolnshire and throughout England and Wales.
My cousin has recommend that I use his lawyers for conveyancing in Lincolnshire. Do I take his guidance?
There are no two ways about it the ideal way to choose a conveyancing practitioner is to get feedback from friends or family who have actually experience in using the conveyancer that you are contemplating using.
Our conveyancer in Lincolnshire has requested from me personal identification documents stating that this forms part of his obligations as a solicitor on the lender Solicitor panel. Is this right?
Due to Money Laundering Regulations your conveyancing lawyer is duty bound to confirm positively your identification when entering into a business relationship with you. It is a criminal offence if your lawyer not do this. If you do not provide ID early in the transaction the solicitor must refuse to act for you. It’s unlikely a lawyer will turn you away if you come to the first meeting without relevant ID but you will have to produce it at some point so you might as well bring it with you to the initial meeting so the lawyer can tick the ID verification box and start sorting out the conveyancing straight away. If you are getting a mortgage, your lawyer also has to check ID documents to satisfy the lender. This is not unique to conveyancing in Lincolnshire