My apartment in Seaburn is up for sale and I have accepted an offer. Does the solicitor have to be required to be on the HSBC conveyancing panel in order to deal with redeeming my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the HSBC 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 in recent years.
Have just purchased a probate house at auction in Seaburn. Conveyancing is necessary. What is next?
Having exchanged you should retain a conveyancing practitioner quickly as you are facing a fast approaching a drop dead date to complete the property. An auction property should have a corresponding auction set of papers. This will include most,if not all of the paperwork that your solicitor requires. Where you are dealing with leasehold premises the auction papers should provide a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and other conveyancing documentation relating to a leasehold property. You must pass this on to your appointed conveyancing solicitor as soon as possible. Do make sure that that you have the requisite funding organised to complete on the on the contractual date .
Can you point me to a directory of Santander panel conveyancers in Seaburn on the Council of Mortgage Lender’s Website?
Unfortunately not yet. There is no such facility on the CML or Building Society Association sites. Very few lenders make their panel listings viewable on the web. Where you are seeking to appoint a Seaburn property lawyer on the Santander please make the most of our facility.
After shopping around on the internet I have found a Seaburn conveyancing practitioner having checked that they are on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
Bank of Ireland will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Bank of Ireland 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. Your conveyancer will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by your Seaburn postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Bank of Ireland, you could contact them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors in Seaburn.
I used Stirling Law a few years ago for my conveyancing in Seaburn. Now, I need my files however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
Do contact 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 Seaburn of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously used, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
I have been advised by three or four local property agents in Seaburn to locate a conveyancer using your seach tool. What’s the financial upside for Estate Agents to recommend your services rather than another?
We refuse to offer any referral fee for pointing buyers and sellers to this site. We thought it would be too underhand to pay a commission as a client could think, ‘How come the agent getting a kickback? Why am I not receiving any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.
On the hunt for a conveyancing solicitor in Seaburn. I did have one sorted but they are not on the panel for RBS. It seems that nowadays most banks only allow conveyancers on their panel. Very frustrating restricting the choice for the paying public. Is it possible for you to recommend a good Seaburn conveyancer that will act for us as well as represent RBS?
LenderPanel.com is restricted to being a directory service for lawyers who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for RBS in certain locations for instance Seaburn . Our intention is not to recommend any particular conveyancing practitioner.