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Q and A’s regarding the LendInvest Conveyancing Panel
My mortgage broker has has requested my law firm’s panel member for the LendInvest conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I obtain this. I have e-mailed my local LendInvest branch but they have not responded to me.
Have you tried speaking to your lawyer about this?. A law firm is likely to keep a file or database of lender panel information which would include, if applicable their conveyancing panel details for LendInvest.
My solicitor has spotted a difference when comparing the assumptions in LendInvest’s valuation report and what is revealed within the legal papers for the property. My lawyer has advised that as he is on the LendInvest conveyancing panel he is duty bound to check that the bank is happy with this discrepancy and is content go ahead. Is my conveyancer’s approach legitimate?
A precondition to being on the LendInvest approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on LendInvest) which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.
How up to date is your search tool for the LendInvest conveyancing panel? Do LendInvest send you an updated list?
The firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the LendInvest conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from LendInvest directly.
I am selling my house. Does my solicitor have to be on the LendInvest conveyancing panel in order to deal with paying off my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the LendInvest 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.
I can not work out if my mortgage offer obliges me to make sure the lease term for the flat is extended prior to the completion date . I have called LendInvest on various occasions and was told they are content with the situation and they would lend. My solicitor - who is on the LendInvest conveyancing panel- telephoned and was told not they would not lend in accordance with their CML Handbook minimum lease term requirements. I simply dont know who is right
Your lawyer has to follow the CML Handbook Part 2 requirements for LendInvest. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that LendInvest will go ahead your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask LendInvest to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the remaining number of years left on the lease.
I was told three weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed
to by LendInvest. Is it usual for LendInvest to only issue the offer once my
solicitor is approved on their conveyancing panel?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for LendInvest to deal with your lawyers application to be on the LendInvest conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitors will be accepted.
Sometime soon me and my wife are remortgaging a 1st floor apartment in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon will soon beretained. My brother-in-lawsuggested that we make sure that the property lawyer in Hendon is on the LendInvest approved list of lawyers. Is this right?
It is not that case that all Hendon conveyancing practices are on the LendInvest conveyancing panel. 8 people a month use our search tool to find a Hendon conveyancing solicitor on the on the LendInvest panel.
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