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FAQs : The Skipton Building Society Conveyancing Panel
My financial adviser has informed me that I have to pay Skipton Building Society fees if I use my own solicitor. How good are the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel solicitors? I'm happy to use any solicitor in the country TBH as long as they're good and not exorbitantly priced. Are there any Skipton Building Society conveyancers you'd recommend?
Skipton Building Society’s conveyancing panel is substantial so your best bet is just to check with the firms you are getting quotes from whether they are on it. You can search by postcode on the search tool on this site to find solicitors that Skipton Building Society will allow to act for them.
My god-son is buying a house that has just been built with a home loan from Skipton Building Society. His conveyancer has said that there is a delay in receiving 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 purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the surveyor when requested.
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 Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
What tools are available to search for a local solicitor on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to 20 miles to meet the lawyer.
Feel free to make use of the find a conveyancing panel tool on this page. Please choose the lender and your location and you will see a number of lawyer located nearest you. Alternatively you can type in the name of your proposed law firm and see if they are listed as being on the Skipton Building Society solicitor panel.
I am attempting to get my ex-husband removed the mortgage deeds. Can Skipton Building Society really insist on which solicitor I can or can not instruct?
You can use any solicitor you like but Skipton Building Society then has the right to appoint a different solicitor to act for them at your expense. It might be more cost effective and quicker to instruct a lawyer who is on the Skipton Building Society solicitors panel
Is it the case that all conveyancing lawyers on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel work on a no move no charge basis?
There is generally no requirements by lenders for their firms to operate on a no-sale-no-fee basis. There a small number of lenders who operate a very restricted conveyancing panel managed by a third party company (often termed in the industry as a ‘gatekeeper’). That third party may impose certain conditions such as non-sale-no fee on the panel firms. If you require this as a condition of your conveyancing then you should check with the conveyancing firm that this is part of their service
My wife and I have arranged a further advance on our mortgage from Skipton Building Society as we wish to carry out alterations or improvements our home. Do we need to appoint a solicitor on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel to deal with the paperwork?
Skipton Building Society would not normally instruct firms on their approved list of lawyers to deal with such a matter. If they did require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Skipton Building Society panel
Hi, thinking about buying a house off my mate. Assuming we can agree a figure, what’s the best way to move forward? I plan to obtain a mortgage with Skipton Building Society. Is it possible to avoid using solicitors to save on the costs? My dad reckons back in the day he did a lot of it himself, just went into the land registry office and providing them with the info they needed himself
If you are getting a mortgage with Skipton Building Society involved you will need to appoint a solicitor on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel. We would not encourage you to both use the same solicitors' firm. There are clear conflict of interest issues and it's not going to make a huge difference to the speed of the overall process. So as not to hold things us you should pass on your solicitors details to Skipton Building Society. Feel free to use our search tool to look for a licensed conveyancer or solicitor on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel.