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Hodge Life Solicitor Panel Recently Asked Questions
My Conveyancer is not on the Hodge Life Approved Panel. Can I still retain my preferred solicitor even though they are excluded from the Hodge Life list of approved lawyers?
The most common options here are as follows:
- Carry on with your existing solicitors but Hodge Life will need to instruct a lawyer on the Hodge Life conveyancing panel. This will result in additional cost and potential delay.
- Get a new solicitor to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the Hodge Life conveyancing panel.
- Urge your lawyer to apply to join the Hodge Life lender panel
Our grandson is in the process of securing a newly built flat with a home loan from Hodge Life. His lawyer has advised him of a delay in receiving the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. This document is news to me - what is it and who needs sight of it?
The document is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Hodge Life conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the surveyor when requested.
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 Hodge Life conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
Do all the licensed conveyancers and solicitor practices listed on your directory have online case tracking as I was under the impression that this was a precondition of being on the Hodge Life solicitor panel?
No. There is no CML Part 2 or Building Society Association requirement relating to online case tracking. Some law firms operate such technology and some don't.
I am attempting to get my former partner taken off the mortgage deeds. Can Hodge Life really tell me which solicitor I can or can not instruct?
You can use any solicitor you like but Hodge Life 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 Hodge Life solicitors panel
Two weeks ago we had a mortgage agreed in principle with Hodge Life. Solicitors have been instructed? How long does it take for Hodge Life to send the offer to our conveyancer
Some lenders take longer than others. Have Hodge Life done the survey? Have you advised Hodge Life as your lawyers details and checked that your lawyer is on the Hodge Life conveyancing panel? sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued
My husband and I are spending time looking at flats and am about to put in an offer. Is it premature to have a solicitor in place? I intend to finance via a home loan with Hodge Life
You should start obtaining conveyancing quotes from solicitors ASAP. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their details on the the estate agent. As you are getting a mortgage with Hodge Life , ask your prospective lawyers check they are on the Hodge Life conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.
For 5 years I had a mortgage with Hodge Life. My uncle retired last week and wants to pay off the mortgage left on the property. After Hodge Life is paid, I want to transfer the property to my mother's name; How long does the process take? Do we need two separate solicitors on the Hodge Life conveyancing panel? I do not intend to live at the property once the Hodge Life mortgage is discharged.
Although you do need to retain the services of a lawyer they dont
need to be on the Hodge Life panel.
You will need a solicitor to draw up the transfer and
to deal with the Land Registry formalities. The only thing you need to
consider is that by selling at an undervalue so ask your lawyer about
the implications. There could be an inheritance tax issue if you die
within 7 years of this. There's no capital gains tax for you as it is
your main residence.
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