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FAQs : The Halifax Conveyancing Panel
Am I correct in assuming that the fact that my conveyancer is not identified on the Halifax Solicitor panel that there is a problem with the quality of his work?
That would more than likely be a wrong assumption to make. There are all sorts of perfectly reasonable explanations. A recent report by the solicitors regulator indicated 76% of law firms surveyed had been removed from at least one lender panel. The top 3 reasons are as follows: (1) lack of transactions (2) the lawyer is a sole practitioner (3) as part of the HSBC panel reduction (4) regulatory contact by SRA (5) accidental removal. If you are concerned you should simply call the firm and ask them why they are no longer on the approved list for Halifax.
Please help. My lawyer is assuring me that he is legally obliged to apply for a Local Authority search because the firm are on the Halifax approved lawyer panel. The searches cost a lot of money. Can this be avoided?
You have limited options available to you. Given that you are taking out a loan with Halifax your lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of Halifax’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook requirements last updated Halifax. even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out a local authority search.
I am purchasing a property and need a conveyancing solicitor in Liverpool who is on the Halifax solicitor. Can you recommend a local firm?
Our service is a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Halifax . We don’t recommend any particular firm.
I am trying to get my former partner taken off the mortgage deeds. Can Halifax really insist on which solicitor I can or can not instruct?
You can use any solicitor you like but Halifax then has the right to appoint a different solicitor to act for them at your expense. It might be more cost effective and quicker to instruct a lawyer who is on the Halifax solicitors panel
I have today made my last payment due on mortgage with Halifax. I assume I don't need a solicitor on the Halifax panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm
If you have finished paying off your Halifax 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 Halifax mortgage from the register. Halifax,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 Halifax has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
the Halifax has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Halifax mortgage has been paid off.
Halifax have agreed my mortgage in principle, my offer on house has been accepted, now what?
The estate agent will want to know who your solicitors are (make sure these solicitors are on the lenders panel). Call up Halifax or your broker and complete any relevant paperwork. Halifax will tell you what documents they want. Halifax will instruct a valuer. The valuer will get in touch with the estate agent or seller to book an appointment. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes about week to get a mortgage offer. Halifax will issue the offer to you and your lawyer. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing.
My brother and I are purchasing a 1st floor apartment in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon are preferred to beretained. My fatherrecommended that we make sure that the conveyancing practitioner in Hendon is on the Halifax solicitors panel. Surely I don't need to do this, do I?
It is not that case that all Hendon conveyancing firms are on the Halifax conveyancing panel. Use the above search tool to find a Hendon conveyancing solicitor on the on the Halifax panel.
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