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FAQs : The Birmingham Midshires Conveyancing Panel
My mortgage broker has asked me for my solicitor’s panel reference for the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I discover this. I have e-mailed my local Birmingham Midshires office but they have not responded to me.
the sensible thing to do is ask for this information from your solicitor. They should have a central record lender panel numbers including the Birmingham Midshires panel reference.
I am buying a newly built flat and my conveyancer is telling me that she is duty bound to reveal incentives from the seller as her practice is on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel. I am on a tight deadline to exchange contracts and I would rather not delay deal. is my lawyer taking the correct approach?
You should not exchange unless you have advised to do so by your lawyer. A precondition to being on the Birmingham Midshires approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Birmingham Midshires). The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
Do banks and building societies provide you with an approved list of solicitors? How do you know who is on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel?
The firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Birmingham Midshires directly.
We're in Wales, First timers purchasing with a mortgage (lender is Birmingham Midshires , but our lawyer is on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the Birmingham Midshires 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
Is there a list of Birmingham Midshires panel solicitors on the Council of Mortgage Lender’s Website?
No. There is no such tool on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association websites. Very few lenders make their panel listings available online.
I have paid off my mortgage with Birmingham Midshires. I assume I don't need a solicitor on the Birmingham Midshires panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm
If you have finished paying off your Birmingham Midshires mortgage they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Birmingham Midshires mortgage from the register. Birmingham Midshires,and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
but are not moving to another property
where the Birmingham Midshires has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
the Birmingham Midshires has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Birmingham Midshires mortgage has been paid off.
We are are acquiring a flat in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon will soon beinstructed. My agentsuggested that we check that the property lawyer in Hendon is on the Birmingham Midshires panel. Aren't all lawyers on the Birmingham Midshires panel?
Far from all Hendon conveyancing solicitors are on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel. 8 people a month use our search tool to locate a Hendon conveyancing solicitor on the on the Birmingham Midshires solicitors pane.
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