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My Solicitor is not on the Ecology Building Society Conveyancing Panel. Can I still use my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the Ecology Building Society approved list?
The most common options here are as follows:
- Complete the purchase with your existing lawyers but Ecology Building Society will need to instruct a lawyer on the Ecology Building Society conveyancing panel. This will result in additional cost and potential delay.
- Get a new solicitor to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the Ecology Building Society conveyancing panel.
- Convince your lawyer to do everything within their powers to join the Ecology Building Society conveyancing panel
Please assist. My lawyer is not to blame but, the conveyancing for my house purchase has been going on for months. The Local Authority Search from Ecology Building Society was issued random date and we have agreed a date for me to move into the property on 10 days inc Day of week eg. Mon. My solicitor says that as she is on the Ecology Building Society conveyancing panel she needs to reorder the searches as they are no longer valid.
One of the many conditions to being on the Ecology Building Society approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook Part 2 obligations (last updated for this lender on Ecology Building Society)which specifies that a local authority search be not more than 6 months old. You should nevertheless ask your lawyer to check whether something called ‘search validation’ indemnity insurance is acceptable to Ecology Building Society.
What tools are available to search for a local solicitor on the Ecology Building Society conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to 10 kilometers to meet the lawyer.
Feel free to make use of 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 Ecology Building Society solicitor panel.
My solicitors in Birmingham have advised me that they can not locate my conveyancing file. To assist with my purchase I took out a mortgage with Ecology Building Society. Is it case that being on the Ecology Building Society conveyancing panel they need to have retained the file for a prescribed period?
Different lenders have different requirements but many of the Terms and Conditions of Conveyancing Panel Appointment require the file to be held for a period of 6 years. That being said we have not seen a copy of the Ecology Building Society Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting Ecology Building Society directly.
We have had an offer accepted on a apartment I spoke to a solicitor previously used by my mum and he recommended instructing a law firm approved by Ecology Building Society. The estate agent recommended two local firms so I asked Ecology Building Society if the 2 suggested solicitors are approved, which they are not. Ecology Building Society suggested that either firm can fill out the appropriate forms to become approved. Do I (1) save myself the aggravation and use one of Ecology Building Society 's conveyancing panel solicitors (2) Use the local solicitor and accept there may be delays etc as they go through the approval process.
Enquire of Ecology Building Society to suggest a law firm in your location. Most banks have lawyers on their panel throughout the UK. You can also use our search tool at the top of this page to search for a lawyer on the Ecology Building Society conveyancing panel based on location. If you particularly like the sound of one of the local lawyers that you have spoken to ask them if they would go onto Ecology Building Society conveyancing panel as it may only take about 2-3 weeks. As long as they meet Ecology Building Society’s requirements it can be a very simple job for the solicitor. Other stuff will be going on in parallel (as you are at an early stage) so it may not delay matters.
I recently had an offer accepted on an apartment. My mortgage broker suggested a solicitor I paid an upfront payment of 225. Soon after the conveyancers contacted me to say that they were not on the Ecology 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 Ecology 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.
We are are remortgaging a garden flat in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon need to beappointed. My brother-in-lawadvised that we enquire that the property lawyer in Hendon is on the Ecology Building Society list of approved conveyancing firms. Is this really necessary?
A limited percentage of Hendon conveyancing firms are on the Ecology Building Society conveyancing panel. 5 people a month use our search tool to find a Hendon conveyancing practitioner on the on the Ecology Building Society panel.