We are looking to buy a house and require a conveyancing solicitor in Sevenoaks who is on the Leeds Building Society approved panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a solicitor?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Leeds Building Society . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Sevenoaks.
we are a couple who are purchasing a 1 bedroom apartment in Sevenoaks with a residential mortgage from Halifax.We use our Sevenoaks conveyancing lawyer but Halifax informed us her practice is not listed on their approved list of member firms. We have to appoint a Halifax panel lawyer or retain our preferred solicitor and pay for one of their panel ones to represent them. This seems very unfair; Can we not simply insist that Halifax use our lawyer?
No, not really. The home loan issued to you is subject to its terms and conditions, a common one being that lawyers must be on the Halifax approved list. in the past, most mortgage companies had large numbers of law firms on their panels: a borrower could find one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your lawyer to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Halifax
How difficult is it to change firm as I need to select a firm on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing list. I had appointed a family conveyancing solicitor in Sevenoaks round the corner but the firm is not approved by Leeds Building Society
We will our best to assist in finding you a conveyancing solicitor in Sevenoaks on the Leeds Building Society panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we on the directory do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are under regulation of the Solicitors Regulation Authority who oversee all conveyancing solicitors in Sevenoaks. In utilising search facility on this site, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Sevenoaks.
We're novice buyers - had an offer accepted, yet the estate agent told us that the vendor will only issue a contract if we instruct the agent's recommended solicitors as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a family conveyancer who is accustomed to conveyancing in Sevenoaks
It is unlikely the owners are driving this. Should the seller desire ‘a quick sale', turning down a motivated purchaser is going to damage their objectives. Speak to the vendors direct and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with mortgage lined up © you are chain free (d) you wish to move quickly (e)however you intend to use your preferred Sevenoaks conveyancing firm - as opposed tothose that will provide the negotiator at the agency a introducer fee or meet his conveyancing figures pre-set by senior management.
The conveyancers undertaking our conveyancing in Sevenoaks has forwarded documents to review that indicate that the property is unregistered with epitome documents. How can it be that the property not currently recorded at the Land Registry?
Much of the property in Sevenoaks is registered. An 'epitome' is basically a dossier of photocopies of documents affecting an unregistered title. Plenty of Sevenoaks conveyancing solicitors should be capable of dealing with this type of conveyancing but in the event that uncertainty exists the usual guidance these days seems to be for the seller’s conveyancer to register it first and thereafter sell - this will predictably result in a protracted home move.