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Examples of recent questions relating to the Newbury Mortgage Services Solicitor Panel
Is there a reason why all solicitors aren't included on the Newbury Mortgage Services Solicitor panel?
Newbury Mortgage Services and other banks tend to imposes restrictions either the type or the number of conveyancing solicitors on their panel. Typical examples of such restriction(s) being that a firm must have two or more partners. In addition to restricting the type of firm, some have decided to limit the number of firms they use to represent them. You should note that Newbury Mortgage Services have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any member of Newbury Mortgage Services Conveyancer Panel. Mortgage fraud was a key driver in the rationalisation of conveyancing panels a few years ago and whilst there are differing views about the extent of solicitor involvement in some of that fraud. Statistics from the Land Registry reveal that thousands of law firms only carry out one or two conveyances a year. Those supporting conveyancing panel cuts ask why law firms should have the right to be on a Lender panel when clearly, Conveyancing is not their speciality? To put it another way; would you want a conveyancing solicitor to represent you if you were charged with a crime; probably not.
Our son-in-law is purchasing a newly built flat with a home loan from Newbury Mortgage Services. His solicitor has advised him of a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. What is this document - I have never come across this before?
The document is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the transaction. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when asked.
The Developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it.
The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
I am searching for competitive conveyancing fees. Can I be sure that all the law firms that are listed on your site are on the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel?
The law firms on our directory have assured us via an online form that they are on the Newbury Mortgage Services panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the Newbury Mortgage Services panel. To date we have not been informed by either a bank or a member of the public that the data about a specific firm being on the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel is incorrect.
My grandmother passed away 10 months ago and as sole heir and executor was left the house. The house had a relatively small loan left on it of around £5k. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Newbury Mortgage Services , pay off the mortgage etc. Is this allowed?
If you intend to re-mortgage then Newbury Mortgage Services will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Newbury Mortgage Services mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
Are all Conveyancing Quality Solicitors on the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel?
Some major lenders now use CQS as the starting point for Panel approval such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS membership however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. That being said,the Council of Mortgage Lenders have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for firms wishing to remain on their panels.
I was told two weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed
to by Newbury Mortgage Services. Is it usual for Newbury Mortgage Services to only issue the offer once my
solicitor is approved on their conveyancing panel?
A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Newbury Mortgage Services to deal with your lawyers application to be on the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitors will be accepted.
At last I have had an offer on an apartment accepted, but there is a chain. The vendors have offered on somewhere, but not been accepted yet, and have viewings of other properties booked. My conveyancing solicitor has been instructed. What should be my next step? When should I get the mortgage app going with Newbury Mortgage Services?
It is usual to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket too early (mortgage application is approx £1k, then survey/valuation, conveyancing search costs, etc). First you should check that your solicitor is on the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel. As to the next stages this very much depends on the circumstances of your case, desire for this property and on the state of the market. In a hot mortgage some buyers would pally for the mortgage with Newbury Mortgage Services and pay for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they pay their solicitor to press on with searches.