My house in Southville is up for sale and I have accepted an offer. Will my solicitor have to be required to be on the Barclays conveyancing panel in order to deal with redeeming my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Barclays conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their specifications fairly frequently currently.
Is there a list of UBS panel solicitors in Southville on the Building Society Association’s Website?
Unfortunately not yet. There is no such directory service on the CML or Building Society Association websites. A small selection of mortgage companies make their panel listings open the public online. Where you are looking for a Southville solicitor on the UBS please use our facility.
I can not work out if my mortgage offer requires a lease extension. I have telephoned my Southville building society branch on numerous occasions and was told it does not impact the mortgage offer and they will lend. My Southville conveyancing solicitor - who is on the mortgage company conveyancing panel- telephoned and was told they will not lend based on their UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook minimum lease term requirements. Who do I believe?
As long as the conveyancer is on the lender panel, she or he must follow the CML Handbook provisions for the lender. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the bank will go ahead, your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask the mortgage company to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years left on the lease.
Having read lots of house buying guides, I note that they all recommend that you should get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my local Southville solicitor - who is on the Principality conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. Is that normal?
Principality will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Principality will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Southville surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.
I used Wolstenholmes several years ago for my conveyancing in Southville. I now require my file however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Southville of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
How simple is it to swap firm as I need to select one who is on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing list. I hired a family conveyancing solicitor in Southville five minutes from me but the firm is not accepted by Bank of Ireland
It would be our pleasure to help you find a conveyancing solicitor in Southville on the Bank of Ireland panel. Please note that the law firms that we list do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are authorised and regulated by the SRA who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Southville. In utilising the find a conveyancing solicitor tool on this page, you can scrutinise charges for conveyancing solicitors in Southville and beyond.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my aunt I am selling a house in Newport but reside in Southville. My conveyancer (who is 260 kilometers from merequires that I execute a stat dec ahead of the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Southville who can witness this legal document for me?
strictly speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally or notary public or qualified solicitor will be fine regardless of whether they are located in Southville
My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in Southville. I I would like to check if they are listed on the bank's approved list of lawyers. Can you advise?
One option is to phone the solicitor and ask them if they are on the lender's approved list. Alternatively please call us and we can investigate and revert. Should the firm not be on the conveyancing panel we we can help find a specialist conveyancing solicitor in Southville on the panel for your mortgage company.