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My financial adviser has has requested my lawyer’ panel reference for the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. How do I find this out. I have e-mailed my local Leeds Building Society office but they have not responded to me.
the sensible thing to do is ask for this information from your solicitor. They should have a central record lender panel numbers including the Leeds Building Society panel reference.
We are getting closer to an exchange and my parents having sent the 10% deposit to my lawyer. I am now advised that as the deposit has not come from me my lawyer needs to make a notification to my lender Leeds Building Society. I am advised that, being on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel and acting on their behalf he must inform Leeds Building Society if the balance of the mortgage advance is not just from me. I advised the bank about my parent’s contribution when I applied for the home loan so is it really necessary for him to raise this?
Your lawyer is obliged to check with Leeds Building Society to make sure that they are aware that the balance of the purchase price is not from your own funds. Your solicitor can only report this to Leeds Building Society if you agree, failing which, your lawyer must cease to continue acting.
Do I need to have a meeting at the offices of the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel solicitor to sign the mortgage deed? If so, I will instruct a firm who offer conveyancing in Leeds
so that I can attend their offices if necessary.
As opposed to ten years ago, most lenders no longer require their conveyancing panel solicitor to witness the borrowers signature. You will still be obliged to provide ID Documents and there are still distinct advantages to using a local solicitor, in your case a conveyancing solicitor in Leeds
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The firm that I recently instructed on my house acquisition in Newcastle has suddenly shut down. I only went with them because I needed a solicitor on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel and my family lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take £175 for searches. What should be my next steps?
Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then inform them straight away so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Most sellers would 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 Leeds 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 lawyers should be in a position to assist
The for formalities of my remortgage has taken place with a loan from Leeds Building Society. Conveyancing was of an acceptable standard but I feel I should register my dissatisfaction about Leeds Building Society. How does one go about formally complaining?
Almost all banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the Leeds Building Society branches or the Customer Care Team at Leeds Building Society head office. In most cases complaints to Leeds Building Society are sorted out very quickly. However if you are not satisfied that the matter is resolved you can write to the
Financial Ombudsman Service at South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR with full details of your complaint.
My ex -wife’s name is on the Leeds Building Society 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 Leeds Building Society mortgage in order to sell?
In terms of the Leeds Building Society 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 Leeds Building Society 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.
My husband and I are purchasing a penthouse in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon are preferred to beappointed. My fatheradvised that we double-check that the conveyancing practitioner in Hendon is on the Leeds Building Society list of approved conveyancing firms. Surely I don't need to do this, do I?
Far from all Hendon conveyancing solicitors are on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Click here to search for a Hendon conveyancing lawyer on the on the Leeds Building Society solicitors pane.
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