I have just been advised by my financial adviser that my Plumstead lawyer is not on the mortgage company Conveyancing panel. What can I do to be certain if this is indeed the case?
The first thing you need to do is to contact your Plumstead lawyer directly. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to notify you of the situation. If they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the conveyancing panel for your bank.
Please help. My Plumstead lawyer is advising me that he has toapply for Plumstead conveyancing searches becausethe firm are on the Lloydsapproved lawyer panel. Is this really necessary?
You have limited options available to you. As you are taking a home loan with a bank your conveyancing practitioner has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your conveyancer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your bank’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to comply with the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook provisions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Plumstead conveyancing searches.
My property lawyer in Plumstead has never been on on the Nottingham Building Society Approved Panel. Can I still use my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the Nottingham Building Society panel?
The limited options open to you here include:
- Carry on with your existing Plumstead lawyers but Nottingham Building Society will need to retain a solicitor on their panel. This will inevitably rack up the overall conveyancing charges as well as cause delays.
- Find a new lawyer to act in the conveyancing, remembering to check they are Convince your lawyer to use their best endeavours to join the Nottingham Building Society conveyancing panel
Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £305k and found one near me in Plumstead I like with open areas and station in the vicinity, the downside is that it only has 49 remaining years left on the lease. There is not much else in Plumstead suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error buying a short lease?
If you require a mortgage that many years will likely be an issue. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current owner has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you can request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should consult your conveyancing solicitor concerning this matter.
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My 20yr old son is embarking on her first house purchase, he had his mortgage in principle. After the seller agreed the offer on the apartment we called the building society to issue the formal offer. I was very surprised to hear that mortgage lenders do not accept all solicitor, they have to be on a list, is this legal?
Mortgage Companies normally imposes restrictions either the type or the number of conveyancing firms on their approved list of lawyers. A common example of such restriction(s) being that a firm must have two or more partners. In addition to restricting the type of firm, some have decided to limit the number of firms they use to represent them. You should note that lenders have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any Plumstead lawyer on their panel. Mortgage fraud was a key driver in the rationalisation of conveyancing panels a few years ago and whilst there are differing views about the extent of solicitor involvement in some of that fraud. Statistics from the Land Registry reveal that thousands of law firms only carry out one or two conveyances a year. Those supporting conveyancing panel cuts ask why law firms should have the right to be on a Lender panel when clearly, conveyancing is not their speciality. To put it another way; would you want a conveyancing solicitor to represent you if you were charged with a crime? Unlikely.