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FAQs for the Market Harborough Building Society Conveyancing Panel
I am obtaining a mortgage offer from Market Harborough Building Society. I intend to employ the services of a Licensed Conveyancer. Does the Market Harborough Building Society Solicitor panel allow for conveyancers regulated by the CLC
Market Harborough Building Society’s approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders represented by the CML or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the CLC.
Please help. My solicitor is advising me that she is duty-bound to apply for a Local Authority search stemming from the fact that the firm are on the Market Harborough Building Society solicitor panel. The searches cost a lot of money. Can this be avoided?
You have limited options available to you. Given that you are taking out a loan with Market Harborough Building Society your lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of Market Harborough Building Society’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook requirements last updated Market Harborough Building Society. even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out a local authority search.
I see that you have a post code search directory listing law firms on the Market Harborough Building Society conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I instruct them for my house purchase?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Market Harborough Building Society conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to the any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint.
I am selling my house. Does my solicitor have to be on the Market Harborough Building Society conveyancing panel in order to deal with redeeming my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Market Harborough Building Society conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. it might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their requirements fairly frequently at the moment.
When it comes to lenders such as Market Harborough Building Society do lawyers have to be pay a fee to be on the list of approved solicitors?
We are not aware of any lender fees to be on their panel although some do charge an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel application.
I previously instructed online conveyancers located in Bristol who are on the Market Harborough Building Society solicitor panel. They have just invoiced me a separate fee of £195 for the legal aspects of the Market Harborough Building Society mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee set by Market Harborough Building Society?
Unfortunately, as long as it is in their Terms and Conditions or Quote then yes your solicitors can charge a fee for this. This fee is not set by Market Harborough Building Society but by your lawyers. Some firms on the Market Harborough Building Society will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.
We have a mortgage agreed in principle with Market Harborough Building Society. Solicitors have been instructed? How long does it take for Market Harborough Building Society to send the offer to our conveyancer
Some lenders take longer than others. Have Market Harborough Building Society conducted the valuation? Have you advised Market Harborough Building Society as your lawyers details and checked that your lawyer is on the Market Harborough Building Society conveyancing panel? sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued