My financial adviser requires my Crediton law firm’s panel member for the Santander conveyancing panel. What is the best way to discover this. I have contacted my local Crediton branch but they cant find it on their system.

Have you tried calling your Crediton conveyancer about this?. Most Crediton law practices will retain a file or database of lender panel information which would include, if applicable, their conveyancing panel details for each lender.

We hope to to buy with Loughborough BS. I went into a few high street firms but cant to find a Crediton conveyancing firm on the Loughborough BS panel. Please you help?

You should make the most of the search tool on this web page. Please choose the lender and type Crediton or your preferred area and you will see a number of lawyer based in Crediton or by proximity to you.

I'm buying a new build house in Crediton benefiting from help to buy. The developers would not budge the price so I negotiated five thousand pounds worth of fixtures and fittings instead. The property agent suggested that I not to tell my solicitor about this deal as it may put at risk my loan with Clydesdale. Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Am I right to be wary by 3rd parties that I am dealing with are encouraging me to use an internet conveyancing firm rather than a local Crediton conveyancing practice?

As is the case with many service providers, often recommendations from family and friends can be worth their weight in gold. Yet there are lots of parties with a vested interest in a conveyancing transaction; estate agents, mortgage brokers and lenders may put forward solicitors to use. Sometimes the solicitors might be known to one of the organisations as experts in their field, but sometimes there behind the scenes commercial relationship behind the endorsement. You are free to select your own lawyer. However, bear in mind that the majority of banks specify a panel list of conveyancers you have to use for the lender aspect of your conveyancing.

I need to instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Crediton for my remortgage. Is there any facility to check a solicitor's complaints history with the legal regulator?

You can review documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations stemming from inquisitions commenced on or after 1 January 2008. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For records Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors history, telephone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. International callers, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes recorded telephone calls for training reasons.