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My financial adviser has informed me that I have to pay Aviva Equity Release fees if I use my own solicitor. How good are the Aviva Equity Release conveyancing panel solicitors? I'm happy to use any solicitor in the country TBH provided that they are good and not exorbitantly priced. Would you recommend a specific law firm on the Aviva Equity Release panel?
Aviva Equity Release’s conveyancing panel is pretty large so your best bet is just to check with the firms you are getting quotes from that they are on the panel. You can search by postcode on the search tool on this site to find solicitors that Aviva Equity Release will allow to act for them.
My partner and I intend to remortgage our flat with Aviva Equity Release. We have a son approaching twenty who lives with us. The solicitor on the Aviva Equity Release conveyancing panel has asked us to disclose anyone over the age of 17 other than ourselves who reside at the property. The solicitor has now sent a form for our son to sign, waiving any legal rights in the event that the apartment is repossessed. I have two questions (1) Is this document specific to the Aviva Equity Release conveyancing panel as he never had to sign this form when we purchased 3 years ago (2) In signing this form is our son in any way compromising his right to inherit the property?
On the face of it your lawyer has done nothing wrong as it is established procedure for any occupier who is aged 17 or over to sign the necessary Consent Form, which is purely to state that any rights he has in the property are postponed and secondary to Aviva Equity Release .This is solely used to protect the Aviva Equity Release if the property were re-possessed so that in such circumstances, your son would be legally obliged to leave.
It does not impact your son’s right to inherit the apartment. Please note that if your son were to inherit and the mortgage in favour of Aviva Equity Release had not been discharged, he would be liable to take over the loan or pay it off, but other than that, there is nothing stopping him from keeping the property in accordance with your will or the rules of intestacy.
I am looking to buy a flat and need a conveyancing solicitor in Liverpool who is on the Aviva Equity Release solicitor. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a solicitor?
Our service is a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Aviva Equity Release . We don’t recommend any particular firm.
I was supposed to complete on my flat yesterday. My lawyer’s firm is on the Aviva Equity Release conveyancing panel but has changed address in the past couple of months and had not advised Aviva Equity Release of their new address. Aviva Equity Release is now refusing to release my funds as the information from the solicitors isn't correct.
This is as unusual as it is unlucky. Most lender Terms of Conveyancing Panel Appointment specifically oblige the solicitor to inform the lender of an address change. Your solicitor needs to treat this with the utmost urgency. Do speak with or register your concern with the senior partner (assuming he or she is not your direct lawyer). Most lenders would be reasonable in this situation and expedite the resolution of this issue. It may be prudent to enlist the help of your local Aviva Equity Release branch or your mortgage broker to see if they can assist.
Is it common for Aviva Equity Release to withdraw a mortgage offer and what would be the reasoning?
Lenders such as Aviva Equity Release can withdraw their mortgage offer although this rarely happens. should Aviva Equity Release withdraw their offer they may or may not inform you or the lawyer as to their reasoning. There are various possible reasons but here are 5 examples:
- Where information comes to Aviva Equity Release ‘s attention regarding the customers or the security that they were not aware of prior to offer that affects their original decision to lend
- Many mortgage offers have an expiry date. Your lawyer should check this. Aviva Equity Release may amend or withdraw an offer before the end of its validation period if an offer extension is requested and following a re-evaluation of the property the value of the security is below a level which is acceptable to them.
- Where to proceed with the Mortgage offer would be unlawful
- If the lender reasonably suspects that the applicant, borrower, mortgagor or guarantor is involved in any criminal or fraudulent activity, including trading in illegal drugs or other substances, theft, robbery, deception or other serious offences, or if the applicant borrower, mortgagor or guarantor has a conviction for any serious criminal offence, including theft, deception, fraud, robbery or trade in illegal drugs or other substances;
- If the lender reasonably believe that the applicant, borrower, mortgagor or guarantor is insolvent or is about to become insolvent or has or will have a petition presented or if any one or all enter into any arrangement with their creditors generally or if any one or all should suffer a material change in their financial circumstances
I recently had an offer accepted on a house. My financial adviser suggested a solicitor I paid an upfront payment of 175. Soon after the conveyancers contacted me to say that they were not on the Aviva Equity Release conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Aviva Equity Release panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
I am selling my apartment. I had a double glazing fitted in month 2010 but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My purchaser’s mortgage company, Aviva Equity Release are being difficult. The solicitor who is on the Aviva Equity Release conveyancing panel is recommending indemnity insurance as a solution but Aviva Equity Release are insisting on a building regulation certificate. Why do Aviva Equity Release have a conveyancing panel of they don’t accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that Aviva Equity Release have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Aviva Equity Release may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing correctly and safely installed. It merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.
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