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Q and A’s regarding the Mansfield Building Society Solicitor Panel
My Conveyancer is not on the Mansfield Building Society Solicitor Panel. Is it possible for me to continue with my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the Mansfield Building Society approved list?
You have a number of options available to you here:
- Carry on with your existing lawyers but Mansfield Building Society will need to instruct a lawyer on the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel. This will result in additional cost and potential delay.
- Get a new solicitor to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel.
- Urge your lawyer to apply to join the Mansfield Building Society lender panel
Can you clarify something for me?. My lawyer is not to blame but, my purchase conveyancing has been going on for months. The Local Authority Search from Mansfield Building Society was issued random date and we have agreed a date for me to move into the property on Tues etc. My lawyer has advised that as she is on the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel she needs to redo the searches as they are no longer acceptable to the lender.
A precondition to being on the Mansfield Building Society approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook Part 2 obligations (last updated for this lender on Mansfield Building Society)which states that a local authority search be not more than half a year old. You should nevertheless ask your lawyer to check whether something called ‘search validation’ indemnity insurance is acceptable to Mansfield Building Society.
Do lenders provide you with an approved list of solicitors? How do you know who is on the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel?
The law firm practices themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Mansfield Building Society directly.
I was due to move into my flat last Thursday. My solicitor is on the Mansfield Building Society solicitors panel but has changed address 8 weeks ago and had not advised Mansfield Building Society of their new address. Mansfield Building Society is now refusing to release my funds until such time as their systems are up to date with the correct details.
This is as unusual as it is unlucky. The majority of lender Terms of Conveyancing Panel Appointment specifically oblige the solicitor to inform the lender of an address change. Your solicitor needs to treat this with the utmost urgency. Do speak with or register your concern with the senior partner (assuming he or she is not your direct lawyer). Most lenders would be reasonable in this situation and expedite the resolution of this issue. It may be prudent to enlist the help of your local Mansfield Building Society branch or your mortgage broker to see if they can help.
I have paid off my mortgage with Mansfield Building Society. I assume I don't need a solicitor on the Mansfield Building Society panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your Mansfield Building Society mortgage they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Mansfield Building Society mortgage from the register. Mansfield Building Society,and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
but are not moving to another property
where the Mansfield Building Society has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
the Mansfield Building Society has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Mansfield Building Society mortgage has been paid off.
I currently have a mortgage with with Mansfield Building Society. Conveyancing has been completed 12 months ago. In the event that I decide to rent out my property and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a BTL mortgage or inform Mansfield Building Society?
Mansfield Building Society must be informed of your intention prior to renting your property as this is likely to be a breach of Mansfield Building Society’s mortgage conditions. It may be that Mansfield Building Society will allow you to rent out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Mansfield Building Society directly. You need not do this via a Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel firm.
I am due to exchange contracts on my house. I had a double glazing fitted in month 8 but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's mortgage company, Mansfield Building Society are being problematic. The solicitor who is on the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel is happy to accept ‘lack of building regulation’ insurance but Mansfield Building Society are requiring a building regulation certificate. Why do Mansfield Building Society have a conveyancing panel of they don’t accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that Mansfield Building Society have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Mansfield Building Society may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing correctly and safely installed. It merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.