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The solicitor my fiance and I had intended to instruct on a remortgage said she will levy higher legal fees if my lender is due to their difficult processes! Will I regret using Marsden Building Society? Any comments will be appreciated
Marsden Building Society conveyancing requirements for their panel are no better or no more complicated than most lenders.
It is the case now the CML Handbook, the "bible" used by solicitors to establish lender requirements, is different for each lender.
It is not clear if your lawyer is on the Marsden Building Society conveyancing panel. If they are not, this does add further risk of delay as Marsden Building Society will appoint their own solicitors to look after their interest.
Our lawyer has uncovered a legal deficiency with the lease for the flat we are buying. The seller’s lawyers have put forward title insurance as a solution. We are content with insurance and will pay for it. Our lawyer has advised that as he is on the Marsden Building Society conveyancing panel he must check that the lender is happy with this solution. Are we the client or is Marsden Building Society?
The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the potential for a conflict of interest, you and Marsden Building Society are the client. A precondition to being on the Marsden Building Society approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Marsden Building Society). The CML Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects will the lease so that Marsden Building Society can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected . Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.
I see that you have a search directory listing law firms on the Marsden Building Society conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee 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 Marsden Building Society conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to the any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint.
The lawyers that I recently instructed on my house acquisition in Newcastle has without warning shut down. I chose them because I had to have a solicitor on the Marsden Building Society conveyancing panel and my preferred lawyer was not. I gave them a cheque for £150 in advance. What do I do now?
Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then let them know immediately so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Marsden Building Society conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors should be in a position to help
I had instructed online conveyancers based in Bristol who are on the Marsden Building Society solicitor panel. They are now charging me a separate fee of £150 for dealing with the Marsden Building Society mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by Marsden 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 Marsden Building Society but by your lawyers. Some firms on the Marsden Building Society will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.
We are getting a further advance on our mortgage from Marsden Building Society as we wish to carry out alterations or improvements our home. Do we need to appoint a solicitor on the Marsden Building Society conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?
Marsden Building Society would not normally instruct a member of 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 Marsden Building Society panel
We have agreed to purchase a house.One unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Marsden Building Society be concerned
Given that your lender is Marsden Building Society your lawyer must to check the Marsden Building Society conveyancing instructions contained in the Part of CML Handbook for Marsden Building Society . The CML Handbook contains minimum requirements for solar panel roof-space leases, and solicitors are required to report to Marsden Building Society where a lease does not meet these requirements. The requirements relate to the installation of panels on properties in England and Wales. The CML are developing guidance for Northern Ireland and Scotland.