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Frequently asked questions relating to the Fleet Mortgages Solicitor Panel
My financial adviser has asked me for my lawyer’ panel member for the Fleet Mortgages conveyancing panel. What is the best way to obtain this. I have tried my local Fleet Mortgages office but they cant find it on their system.
Have you tried speaking to your lawyer about this?. They should have a central record lender panel numbers including the Fleet Mortgages panel reference.
My conveyancing solicitor has requested from me personal identification documents stating that this forms part of his retainer as a conveyancer on the Fleet Mortgages Solicitor panel. Is this right?
Anti-terror and anti-money-laundering rules require solicitors and licensed conveyancers to verify the identity of the person or body they are dealing with before they can accept their conveyancing business. The Client Care letter that you need to sign will no doubt confirm this. Your lawyer is right that Fleet Mortgages also require certain documents to be viewed. If a you refuse to provide ID verification documents, your conveyancer would not be able to accept instructions from you. Your lawyer also has obligations to obtain certain documents in accordance with Fleet Mortgages CML Handbook requirements last updated on Fleet Mortgages
I am Googling for competitive conveyancing fees. Can I be confident that all the practices that are identified on your site are on the Fleet Mortgages conveyancing panel?
The solicitor and licensed conveyancing practices on our directory have assured us via an online form that they are on the Fleet Mortgages panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the Fleet Mortgages panel. To date we have not been informed by either a bank or a member of the public that the data about a specific firm being on the Fleet Mortgages conveyancing panel is not accurate.
I am selling my house. Does my solicitor have to be on the Fleet Mortgages conveyancing panel in order to deal with redeeming my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Fleet Mortgages conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. it might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their requirements fairly frequently at the moment.
Two weeks ago we had a mortgage agreed in principle with Fleet Mortgages. Solicitors have been instructed? What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Fleet Mortgages?
Some lenders take longer than others. Have Fleet Mortgages conducted the valuation? Have you advised Fleet Mortgages as your lawyers details and checked that your lawyer is on the Fleet Mortgages conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through
I have instructed a lawyer having checked that they are on the Fleet Mortgages conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
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I've read lots of mortgage guides,I note that it is considered advisable to get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my solicitor - who is on the Fleet Mortgages conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. Is that normal?
Fleet Mortgages will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Fleet Mortgages will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey.
You may wish to consider appointing your own surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.
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Your lawyer will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Fleet Mortgages you could contact your them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors.
My ex -wife’s name is on the Fleet Mortgages mortgage of my property but not on the land registry. The apartment was transferred to me on our divorce many years ago by way of a sealed court order. Does my ex still have a say on the sale even though the land registry showing the property in my name alone? Will I be required to take her name of the Fleet Mortgages mortgage in order to sell?
As regards the Fleet Mortgages mortgage, it is unusual that your ex-wife’s name remains on the mortgage but not on the title. It is conceivable that this is an oversight on the part of your conveyancers to ensure that her name was removed or even an administrative error on the part of Fleet Mortgages in failing to update their data. In any event, it should cause difficulty providing her name no longer appears on the Land Registry title and you have a court order ordering that the property is transferred to you.