My wife and I are looking to buy a home in Madeley and are in fact using a Madeley conveyancing firm. Within the last couple of days our solicitor has forwarded the sale agreement to be signed with a detailed report in anticipation of exchanging contracts shortly. Leeds Building Society have this morning contacted us to advise us that they have now hit a problem as our Madeley solicitor is not on their conveyancing panel. What do we do from here?
If you are buying a property requiring a mortgage it is conventional for the purchasers' solicitors to also represent the purchaser's lender. 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 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 don't have to instruct a firm on the bank's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Madeley lawyers, in which case it will likely add costs, and it may delay matters as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.
We wanted to use a property lawyer in Madeley for our house move. Our financial adviser informed us that our mortgage company Coventry Building Society won't deal with them. Surely this is unduly restrictive?
Mortgage Companies ordinarily imposes restrictions either the type or the amount of conveyancing practices on their panel. A common example of such criteria being that a firm must have two or more partners. In addition to restricting the profile of firm, a few lenders have reduced the amount of solicitor practices they permit to act for them. You should note that Coventry Building Society have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any member of Coventry Building Society Conveyancer Panel. Mortgage fraud was a key driver in the reduction of solicitor panels a few years ago even though there are mixed opinions about the level of solicitor engagement in some of that fraud. Data from the Land Registry indicate that hundreds of law firms, including some in or near Madeley only carry out a couple conveyances a year.
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I need to find a conveyancing solicitor for purchase conveyancing in Madeley. I have land on a site which looks to be the perfect solution If it is possible to get all this stuff done via web that would be ideal. Should I be concerned? What should out be looking out for?
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?
There are only Fifty years unexpired on my flat in Madeley. I am keen to extend my lease but my freeholder is absent. What options are available to me?
If you qualify, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can submit an application to the County Court for for permission to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will enable the lease to be extended by the magistrate. However, you will be required to prove that you have used your best endeavours to find the freeholder. In some cases an enquiry agent would be useful to carry out a search and to produce an expert document to be used as proof that the freeholder can not be located. It is advisable to get professional help from a property lawyer in relation to devolving into the landlord’s absence and the application to the County Court covering Madeley.
Madeley Leasehold Conveyancing - A selection of Queries Prior to Purchasing
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What is the annual service fee and ground rent? Is anyone aware of any major works anticipated that will increase the maintenance fees? How long is the Lease?
Why can't I complete my conveyancing in Madeley on a public holiday?
This is due to the fact that on completion the money will be transferred electronically between the banks of the purchaser and owner’s property lawyer and at present this can only happen on a working day. So you can't complete on a saturday or sunday either.