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Examples of recent questions relating to the Leeds Building Society Conveyancing Panel
My mortgage broker has says he needs my law firm’s panel member for the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. What is the best way to obtain this. I have contacted my local Leeds Building Society office but they don't know it.
You are best placed to get this information from your conveyancing lawyer. They should have a central record lender panel numbers including the Leeds Building Society panel reference.
Can you help?. For no fault of my lawyer but, the conveyancing for my house purchase has been going on for months. The Local Authority Search from Leeds Building Society was date stamped random date and we have agreed a date for me to move into the property on 6. My solicitor says that as she is on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel she needs to redo the searches as they are now out of date.
A precondition to being on the Leeds Building Society approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Leeds Building Society)which states that a local authority search be not more than 6 months old. You should nevertheless ask your lawyer to check whether something called ‘search validation’ indemnity insurance is acceptable to Leeds Building Society.
I am Googling for competitive conveyancing fees. Can I be sure that all the practices that are identified on your directory are on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel?
The law firms listed on our site have advised us that they are on the Leeds Building Society panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the Leeds Building Society panel. To date we have not been informed by either a lender or a member of the public that the data about a specific firm being on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel is not accurate.
My solicitors in Manchester have advised me that they can not locate my conveyancing file. To assist with my purchase I took out a mortgage with Leeds Building Society. Is it case that being on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel they need to have retained the file for a number of years?
It very much depends from lender to lender but many of the Terms and Conditions of Conveyancing Panel Appointment require the file to be held for a period of 6 years. That being said we have not seen a copy of the Leeds Building Society Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting Leeds Building Society directly.
Do the majority of lenders operate their own panel of solicitors?
Many lenders do operate a restricted conveyancing panel but a lot of lenders allow any solicitors to join their panel so long as they meet their criteria. Each lender sets their own criteria. For example the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel requirements are different to Leeds Building Society’s conveyancing panel requirements.
I have paid off my mortgage with Leeds Building Society. I assume I don't need a solicitor on the Leeds Building Society panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your Leeds Building Society 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 Leeds Building Society mortgage from the register. Leeds Building Society,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 Leeds Building Society has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
the Leeds Building Society has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Leeds Building Society mortgage has been paid off.
My offer was accepted on a house on the 6th February 2014, valuation was booked 2 days later, all came back fine. Conveyancer retained, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Leeds Building Society and chasing them on my offer I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
A lender would not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Leeds Building Society to deal with your lawyers application to be on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitors will be accepted.