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April Mortgages Conveyancing Panel : Questions and Answers
I was advised recently by my estate agent that my lawyer is not on the April Mortgages Solicitor panel. How can I be sure that this is correct?
The best course of action for you to take is to contact your conveyancer. You lawyer should advise you what has happened. If they are not on the panel they may recommend you to a firm that is on the conveyancing panel for April Mortgages.
We are due to exchange on the purchase a house but as a result of damage from the recent storms I have agreed compensation from the seller of £3k approx by way of a reduction in the price. This was going to be dealt with as part of the conveyancing process but my mortgage company April Mortgages will not agree to this. Why was April Mortgages even consulted?
Your lawyer being on the April Mortgages conveyancing panel is duty bound to inform April Mortgages of any changes to the purchase price. If you were to refuse your lawyers to disclose the reduction to April Mortgages then they would have to discontinue acting for you and April Mortgages.
I am planning to acquire a flat and need a conveyancing solicitor in Manchester who is on the April Mortgages solicitor. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a firm?
Our service is a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for April Mortgages . We don’t recommend any particular firm.
We're in London, First time buyers buying with a mortgage (lender is April Mortgages , but our solicitor is on the April Mortgages conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the April Mortgages conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancer should guarantee a time-frame for your conveyancing due to third parties outside of our control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain
Do conveyancing lawyers on the April Mortgages conveyancing panel work on a no move no charge basis?
There is generally 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 package
Do most lenders operate their own panel of solicitors?
Many lenders do operate a restricted conveyancing panel but a lot of lenders allow any solicitors to join their panel so long as they meet their criteria. Each lender sets their own criteria. For example the April Mortgages conveyancing panel requirements are different to April Mortgages’s conveyancing panel requirements.
We are getting a further advance on our mortgage from April Mortgages as we wish to carry out a loft conversion to our home. Do we need to appoint a solicitor on the April Mortgages conveyancing panel to deal with the paperwork?
April Mortgages do not ordinarily instruct a member of their conveyancing panel to deal with such a matter. If they did require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the April Mortgages list