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My mortgage broker has asked me for my law firm’s panel member for the Barnsley Building Society conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I obtain this. I have contacted my local Barnsley Building Society office but they have not got back to me yet.
You are best placed to get this information from your conveyancing lawyer. A law firm is likely to keep a file or database of lender panel information which would include, if applicable their conveyancing panel details for Barnsley Building Society.
My lawyer has spotted an inconsistency between the assumptions in Barnsley Building Society’s home valuation survey and what is in the conveyancing documents. My lawyer informs me that as he is on the Barnsley Building Society conveyancing panel he is obliged to ensure that the bank is happy with this discrepancy and is still content to lend. Is my lawyer’s approach legitimate?
A precondition to being on the Barnsley Building Society approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Barnsley Building Society) which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. 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 am searching for competitive conveyancing fees. Can I be sure that all the law firms that are identified on your site are on the Barnsley Building Society conveyancing panel?
The solicitor and licensed conveyancing practices listed on our site have advised us that they are on the Barnsley Building Society panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the Barnsley Building Society panel. To date we have not been informed by either a lender or a member of the public that the data about a specific firm being on the Barnsley Building Society conveyancing panel is incorrect.
My grandmother passed away six months ago and as sole heir and executor was left the house. The house had a relatively small loan left on it of around £4500. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Barnsley Building Society , pay off the mortgage etc. Is this allowed?
If you intend to re-mortgage then Barnsley Building Society will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Barnsley Building Society conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Barnsley Building Society conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Barnsley Building Society mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
Is it the case that all conveyancing lawyers on the Barnsley Building Society conveyancing panel work on a no sale no fee basis?
On the whole there are no requirements by lenders for their firms to operate on a no-sale-no-fee basis. There a small number of lenders who operate a very restricted conveyancing panel managed by a third party company (often termed in the industry as a ‘gatekeeper’). That third party may impose certain conditions such as non-sale-no fee on the panel firms. If you require this as a condition of your conveyancing then you should check with the conveyancing firm that this is part of their service
After shopping around on the internet I have found a solicitor having checked that they are on the Barnsley Building Society conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
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Having read lots of house buying,I note that they all recommend that you should get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my solicitor - who is on the Barnsley Building Society conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. Is that normal?
Barnsley Building Society will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Barnsley Building Society will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey.
You may wish to consider appointing your own surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.
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Your lawyer will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Barnsley Building Society you could contact your them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors.
My offer on house has been accepted, but there is a chain. The vendors have offered on somewhere, but not been accepted yet, and have viewings of other properties booked. My conveyancing solicitor has been instructed. What should be my next step? At what point should I appy for the mortgage with Barnsley Building Society?
It is usual to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket too early (mortgage application is approx £1k, then survey/valuation, conveyancing search costs, etc). First you should check that your solicitor is on the Barnsley Building Society conveyancing panel. As to the next stages this very much depends on the circumstances of your case, desire for this property and on the state of the market. In a hot mortgage some buyers would pally for the mortgage with Barnsley Building Society and pay for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they pay their solicitor to press on with searches.