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Ready to buy a new home? Failing to check that a lawyer is on the Chesham Building Society list of approved solicitors can put your transaction at risk of delay or failure.
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Common questions asked concerning the Chesham Building Society Conveyancing Panel
On what basis could a firm of solicitors be excluded from the Chesham Building Society solicitor panel?
A survey recently commissioned by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority found that three quarters of solicitor practices had been removed from a lender panel. The most common reasons in order are :
- Low volume of transactions
- the lawyer is a sole practitioner
- as part of the HSBC panel reduction
- regulatory contact by SRA
- accidental removal. We are not aware of the specific or common criteria for removal by Chesham Building Society
My nephew is about to exchange on a new build apartment with a mortgage from Chesham Building Society. His conveyancer has said that there is a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. Who needs to receive the form?
The form is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the transaction. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when asked.
The Developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it.
The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
Do lenders provide you with an approved list of solicitors? How do you know who is on the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel?
The firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Chesham Building Society directly.
My grandfather passed away last year and as sole heir and executor was left the house. The house had a relatively small loan left on it of around £4500. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Chesham Building Society , pay off the mortgage etc. Is this allowed?
If you intend to re-mortgage then Chesham Building Society will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Chesham Building Society mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
I recently had an offer accepted on a house. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers I paid an upfront payment of 200. Soon after the conveyancers contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Chesham Building Society 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 Chesham Building Society 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 due to exchange contracts on my flat. I had a double glazing fitted in month 6 but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's lender, Chesham Building Society are being difficult. The solicitor who is on the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but Chesham Building Society are insisting on a building regulation certificate. Why do Chesham Building Society have a conveyancing panel of they don’t accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that Chesham Building Society have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Chesham Building Society 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.
Next month my fiance and I are purchasing a flat in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon are preferred to beinstructed. My friendsuggested that we make sure that the property lawyer in Hendon is on the Chesham Building Society panel. Surely I don't need to do this, do I?
Far from all Hendon conveyancing solicitors are on the Chesham Building Society conveyancing panel. Click here to search for a Hendon conveyancing practitioner on the on the Chesham Building Society list of approved conveyancing firms.