My partner and I are hoping to acquire a property in Headingley and are in fact using a Headingley conveyancing practice. Within the past 48 hours our property lawyer has sent a preliminary report and documents to look through with a view to exchanging next week. National Westminster Bank have this morning contacted us to inform me that they have now hit a problem as our Headingley conveyancer is not on their conveyancing panel. What do we do from here?
Where you are buying a property needing 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 Accreditation 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 are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the lender’s conveyancing panel and you may continue to use your own Headingley solicitors, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it may delay matters as you have another set of people involved.
Can conveyancing in Headingley to be completed within 28 days?
First, If you are under pressure to sign contracts we would recommend that your conveyancer is familiar with the area as they will make use of local contacts and intelligence. It is possible that they may have conducted previoushouses in the same road. You would be best advised to use a Headingley conveyancing firm. In addition, check that the lawyer is on the member panel. It is claimed that just under twenty per cent of Headingley conveyancing deals are suspended or jeopardised after finding out that a buyer’s lawyer was not on their banks member panel. In many cases this discovery resulted in the legal transfer of property being held up by an average of three weeks. It is claimed that this issue affects approximately one hundred thousand home moves every year. Many Headingley conveyancing practices can not represent certain lenders so do check at the outset.
My wife and I have recently appointed a conveyancing solicitor in Headingley. I need to find out whether they are on the Alliance & Leicester approved list of lawyers. Can you help?
You should e-mail your conveyancer and ask them if they are on the lender panel. Otherwise please get in touch with Alliance & Leicester who may be able to help.
I just bought a house at auction in Headingley. Conveyancing is needed. What are my next steps?
Having exchanged you now have to instruct a conveyancing practitioner quickly as you now have a tight deadline in which to complete the conveyancing. All auction property should have an associated legal set of papers. This will likely include evidence of title and search results. In the case of leasehold premises the legal pack may contain a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation relating to a leasehold property. You need to give this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor as soon as possible. You also need to ensure that you have funds in place to complete the transaction on the set completion date.
We had chosen conveyancing lawyers based in Headingley on the Leeds Building Society solicitor panel. They have just billed me an additional fee for handling the Leeds Building Society mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by Leeds Building Society?
Unfortunately, so long as it is in their Terms and Conditions or estimate then yes your conveyancer may levy a fee for this. The fee is not set by Leeds Building Society but by your Headingley lawyer. Numerous firms on the Leeds Building Society panel will levy an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.
I am purchasing a property in Headingley. One unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender HSBC be concerned?
As your lender is HSBC your lawyer must comply with the formal requirements set out in Part two of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for HSBC. The CML Handbook stipulates minimum conditions for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancing practitioners are required to report to HSBC where a lease does not satisfy these conditions. The specifications relate to the installation of panels on properties nationwide and is not restricted to Headingley.
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