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I need to swap lawyers as my lawyer is not on the Dudley Building Society panel of conveyancing solicitors. How easy is it to change conveyancer?
If you haven't yet instructed a solicitor to do anything for you and have just received quotes, you're perfectly free to choose a different solicitor to carry out your work for you. The best way is to get recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the solicitor or conveyancer you're considering.
My lawyer has discovered a difference between the surveyor’s assumptions in Dudley Building Society’s home valuation report and what is in the title deeds. My solicitor says that as he is on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel he is obliged to check that the bank is with this discrepancy and is content go ahead. Is my conveyancer’s course or action right?
A precondition to being on the Dudley Building Society approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Dudley Building Society) which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.
How up to date is your search tool for the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel? Do Dudley Building Society send you an updated list?
The firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Dudley Building Society directly.
I am buying a semi-detached house and getting a mortgage with Dudley Building Society. Conveyancing solicitors are said to be ‘a necessary evil’ but can I do it myself?
Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing you will have to appoint a solicitor on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to made in you doing to conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel in your location.
My wife and I have arranged a further advance on our mortgage from Dudley Building Society as we wish to carry out alterations or improvements our home. Do we need to appoint a solicitor on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?
Dudley Building Society do not ordinarily instruct firms on their conveyancing panel 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 Dudley Building Society panel
Completion of my remortgage has taken place with a loan from Dudley Building Society. Conveyancing was satisfactory but I would like to complain about Dudley Building Society. How do I make a complaint?
All lenders have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the Dudley Building Society branches or the Customer Services Team at Dudley Building Society head office. In most cases complaints to Dudley Building Society are resolved effectively and efficiently. If you feel that the matter is not resolved you can write to the
Financial Ombudsman Service with full details of your complaint.
I had an offer accepted on an apartment on the 6th February 2014, valuation was booked 2 days after, received a clean bill of health. Property lawyer instructed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Dudley Building Society and chasing them on my offer I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
A lender would not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Dudley Building Society to deal with your lawyers application to be on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitors will be accepted.