My partner and I are looking to buy a house in Riding Mill and have appointed a Riding Mill conveyancing firm. Within the last couple of days our property lawyer has forwarded the sale agreement to be signed with a detailed report in anticipation of exchanging contracts shortly. Halifax have this morning contacted us to advise us that there is now an issue as our Riding Mill conveyancer is not on their conveyancing panel. Please explain?
Where you are buying a property with the assistance of a mortgage it is normal for the purchasers' lawyers to also act for the mortgage company. 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 property lawyer should contact your mortgage company 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 Riding Mill lawyers, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it may delay matters as you have another set of people involved.
Are you able to recommend a Virgin Money allowed Riding Mill conveyancing conveyancer finish our house move within under 3 weeks? Would it be better to use a high street Riding Mill practice or a nationwide comparison site?
We can recommend some very good Riding Mill conveyancing firms. Another option is to visit the high street in Riding Mill. Visit some well established firms and request to speak with a conveyancing solicitor for a quote. Mention your requirements together with the reasons and ask for an assurance on your deadline. Select the one that genuine.
My husband and I wish to acquire a newbuild flat in Riding Mill with a homeloan from Godiva Mortgages Ltd.We like our Riding Mill conveyancing lawyer but Godiva Mortgages Ltd informed us he's not on their "panel". We have to appoint a Godiva Mortgages Ltd panel firm or keep our local solicitor and fork out for a Godiva Mortgages Ltd panel lawyer to act for them. This seems very unfair; is there anything we can do?
No, not really. The mortgage offered to you contains terms and conditions, a common one being that lawyers must be on the Godiva Mortgages Ltd conveyancing panel. Until recently, most mortgage companies had large numbers of law firms on their panels: a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your solicitors to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Godiva Mortgages Ltd
I've recently found out that there is a flying freehold element on a house I put an offer in last month in what should have been a simple, chain free conveyancing. Riding Mill is where the house is located. Can you offer any opinion?
Flying freeholds in Riding Mill are unusual but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Riding Mill you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds diligently. Your lender may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Riding Mill may ascertain that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.
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