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FAQs : The Mansfield Building Society Conveyancing Panel
My financial adviser has informed me that I have to pay Mansfield Building Society fees if I use my own solicitor. How good are the Mansfield 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. Would you recommend a specific law firm on the Mansfield Building Society panel?
Mansfield Building Society’s conveyancing panel is pretty large so it would be advisable 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 Mansfield Building Society will allow to act for them.
I am purchasing a newly built duplex and my solicitor is advising me that she has to reveal incentives from the developer as her firm is on the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel. I am under pressure to sign contracts and I dont want to prolong deal. Is my lawyer right?
You should not exchange unless you have advised to do so by your lawyer. A precondition to being on the Mansfield Building Society approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Mansfield Building Society). The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
Are there any apps to help search for a local solicitor on the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to 25 kilometers to meet the lawyer.
You can use the find a conveyancing panel tool on this website. 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 Mansfield Building Society solicitor panel.
I was supposed to move into my flat yesterday. My lawyer’s firm is on the Mansfield Building Society solicitors panel but has moved offices 8 weeks ago and had not advised Mansfield Building Society of their new address. Mansfield Building Society is now refusing to release my funds as the information from the solicitors isn't correct.
This is a rare situation indeed. Most 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 assist.
I have a mortgage with Mansfield Building Society. My godfather has just retired and wants to pay off my mortgage. After Mansfield Building Society is paid, I want to transfer the property to my mother's name; How long will it roughly take? Do we need two separate solicitors on the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel? I do not intend to live at the property once the Mansfield Building Society mortgage is discharged.
You
will need a solicitor but they need not be on the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel.
You will need a solicitor to draw up the transfer and
to deal with the Land Registry formalities. The only thing you need to
consider is that by selling at an undervalue so ask your lawyer about
the implications. There could be an inheritance tax issue if you die
within 7 years of this. As the property is your main residence you need
not pay CGT but you should speak with your accountants in any event.
On the whole I have been dissatisfied with the level or service received from my lawyer. Is there a Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel complaints department or do I complain directly to the law firm?
There is little point in complaining directly to Mansfield Building Society. All solicitors and conveyancer must have a complaints procedure. You can get information from the solicitor’s or conveyancer’s website or ask at their office. They must tell you about it if you ask.
The Legal Ombudsman will make sure that your complaint is properly dealt with by the solicitor. It can also advise you how to complain.
If a licensed conveyancer does not have a complaints procedure or will not tell you about it, contact the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), which will make sure that your complaint is properly dealt with by the conveyancer. Please see below for more information.
I recently had an offer accepted on an apartment. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their lawyers I paid an upfront payment of 225. Soon after the conveyancers contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Mansfield Building Society panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.