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FAQs for the Accord Buy to Let Conveyancing Panel
Much to my surprise I have been told by my estate agent that my lawyer is not on the Accord Buy to Let Conveyancing panel. How can I be certain that this is indeed the case?
You need to contact your lawyer directly. You lawyer should advise you of the situation. If they are not on the panel they may recommend you to a firm that is on the the approved Accord Buy to Let solicitor panel.
Please help. My lawyer is advising me that she is duty-bound to order a Local Authority search because the firm are on the Accord Buy to Let approved lawyer panel. Do I not have a choice here?
You have limited options available to you. Given that you are taking out a loan with Accord Buy to Let 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 Accord Buy to Let’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook requirements last updated Accord Buy to Let. even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out a local authority search.
Do all the licensed conveyancers and solicitor practices listed on your directory have online case tracking as I understood that this was a condition of being on the Accord Buy to Let solicitor panel?
The Council of Mortgage Lenders or BSA do not require online case tracking. Some law firms operate such technology and some don't.
I am buying a terraced house and getting a mortgage with Accord Buy to Let. How practical is it for me to do the conveyancing?
Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing you will have to appoint a solicitor on the Accord Buy to Let 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 Accord Buy to Let conveyancing panel in your location.
I was thinking of purchasing my friend’s property. Once we agree a price, what’s the best way to proceed? I plan to obtain a mortgage with Accord Buy to Let. Is it possible to avoid using solicitors to save us both money? My dad reckons back in the day he did a lot of it himself, just went into the land registry office and providing them with the info they needed himself
If you are getting a mortgage with Accord Buy to Let involved you will need to appoint a solicitor on the Accord Buy to Let conveyancing panel. We would not encourage you to both use the same solicitors' firm. There are clear conflict of interest issues and it's not going to make a huge difference to the speed of the overall process. So as not to hold things us you should pass on your solicitors details to Accord Buy to Let. Feel free to use our search tool to look for a licensed conveyancer or solicitor on the Accord Buy to Let conveyancing panel.
I have paid off my mortgage with Accord Buy to Let. I assume I don't need a solicitor on the Accord Buy to Let panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm
If you have finished paying off your Accord Buy to Let mortgage they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Accord Buy to Let mortgage from the register. Accord Buy to Let,and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
but are not moving to another property
where the Accord Buy to Let has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
the Accord Buy to Let has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Accord Buy to Let mortgage has been paid off.
My ex -wife’s name is on the Accord Buy to Let mortgage of my property but not on the land registry. The apartment was transferred to me on our divorce many years ago by way of a sealed court order. Does my ex still have a say on the sale even though the land registry showing the property in my name alone? Will I be required to take her name of the Accord Buy to Let mortgage in order to sell?
As regards the Accord Buy to Let mortgage, it is unusual that your ex-wife’s name remains on the mortgage but not on the title. It is conceivable that this is an oversight on the part of your conveyancers to ensure that her name was removed or even an administrative error on the part of Accord Buy to Let in failing to update their data. In any event, it should cause difficulty providing her name no longer appears on the Land Registry title and you have a court order ordering that the property is transferred to you.
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