I have just been advised by my estate agent that my Fordingbridge solicitor is not on the bank Conveyancing panel. What can I do to check?
The best course of action for you to take is to call your Fordingbridge conveyancer. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to inform you of the situation. Where they are not on the panel they may recommend you to a Fordingbridge conveyancing practice that is on the conveyancing panel for your mortgage company.
We wanted to use a conveyancing solicitor in Fordingbridge for our house purchase. Our financial adviser informed us that our mortgage lenders Britannia won't deal with them. Surely this is unduly restrictive?
Lenders normally imposes restrictions either the type or the amount of conveyancing firms on their member panel. A common example of such criteria being that a law practice must not be a sole practitioner. In addition to restricting the type of firm, some have limited the number of firms they permit to act for them. You should note that Britannia have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any member of Britannia Conveyancer Panel. Mortgage fraud was a key driver in the reduction of conveyancing panels since 2008 even though there remains mixed views regarding the extent of solicitor engagement in some of that fraud. Figures from the Land Registry reveal that thousands of law firms, including some in or near Fordingbridge only perform a couple conveyances per annum.
I have todaybecome aware that Wolstenholmes have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Fordingbridge for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 10 months ago. How can I establish that my home is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?
The quickest method to check if the premises is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Fordingbridge conveyancing specialists.
I'm converting the mortgage on my existing home to a BTL loan with Santander and I will use the ballance of the raised equity towards a second property. The location we are looking at is Fordingbridge. Will your conveyancers be able to act for the two lenders and link together the conveyances?
Do use our comparison tool on this page to check that the solicitors are approved by both banks. Having checked that they are your solicitor will be able to connect the two conveyancing matters but you should have a chat with you lawyer and specify your expectations and needs.
My husband and I are 14 days into a freehold purchase having been recommend to conveyancers by the high street agent to do our conveyancing in Fordingbridge. We are not happy. Could you you assist me in finding new solicitors?
A solicitor would have to be very poor in order to consider changing them. Has your mortgage offer been issued? If so you must advise them of the replacement conveyancer and have the offer are issued to the new lawyers. Your new solicitor ideally should be on the lenders panel to avoid added expenses and delays. So that should be your first question of the new solicitors. Our search tool should help you find a bank approved lawyer for your home move in Fordingbridge