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Q and A’s regarding the RBS - Direct Line Conveyancing Panel
I am getting a offer of a mortgage from RBS - Direct Line. I hope to employ the services of a Licensed Conveyancer. Does the RBS - Direct Line Conveyancing panel exclude Licensed Conveyancers
RBS - Direct Line’s conveyancing panel is, like many other lenders represented by the Council or Mortgage Lenders or BSA, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
Our son is purchasing a house that has just been built with a mortgage from RBS - Direct Line. His conveyancer has said that there is a delay in receiving the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. Who needs to receive the form?
The document is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the transaction. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the RBS - Direct Line conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the surveyor when asked.
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 RBS - Direct Line conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
Are there any apps to help find a local solicitor on the RBS - Direct Line conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to 10 kilometers to meet the solicitor.
You can use 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 RBS - Direct Line solicitor panel.
We're in Birmingham, First timers purchasing with a mortgage (lender is RBS - Direct Line , but our solicitor is on the RBS - Direct Line conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the RBS - Direct Line conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancer should guarantee a time-frame for your conveyancing due to third parties outside of our control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain
Do most banks operate their own panel of solicitors?
Many lenders do operate a restricted conveyancing panel but a lot of lenders allow any solicitors to join their panel so long as they meet their criteria. Each lender sets their own criteria. For example the RBS - Direct Line conveyancing panel requirements are different to RBS - Direct Line’s conveyancing panel requirements.
We have agreed to purchase a house.One unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. RBS - Direct Line have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?
Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with RBS - Direct Line your lawyer must to check the RBS - Direct Line conveyancing instructions contained in the Part of CML Handbook for RBS - Direct Line . The CML Handbook contains minimum requirements for solar panel roof-space leases, and solicitors are required to report to RBS - Direct Line where a lease does not meet these requirements. The requirements relate to the installation of panels on properties in England and Wales. Requirements for Scotland are due in the near future.
I am selling my flat. I had a double glazing fitted in month 7 but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's lender, RBS - Direct Line are being pedantic. The solicitor who is on the RBS - Direct Line conveyancing panel is happy to accept ‘lack of building regulation’ insurance but RBS - Direct Line are insisting on a building regulation certificate. Why do RBS - Direct Line have a conveyancing panel of they don’t accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that RBS - Direct Line have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why RBS - Direct Line may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing correctly and safely installed. It merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.
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