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FAQs : The M&S Bank Conveyancing Panel
A lawyer my fiance and I had intended to instruct on a purchase said he will levy higher legal fees if my lender is due to their unusual legal requirements. Will I regret using M&S Bank? Is M&S Bank conveyancing so much more difficult?
M&S Bank conveyancing requirements for their panel are no better or no more complicated than most lenders.
It is the case now the CML Handbook, the "bible" used by solicitors to establish lender requirements, is different for each lender.
It is not clear if your lawyer is on the M&S Bank conveyancing panel. If they are not, this does add further risk of delay as M&S Bank will appoint their own solicitors to look after their interest.
We are due to exchange on the purchase a house but as a result of damage from the recent storms I have agreed compensation from the seller of £3k approx by way of a reduction in the price. This was going to be dealt with as part of the conveyancing process but my mortgage company M&S Bank will not agree to this. Why was M&S Bank even consulted?
Your lawyer being on the M&S Bank conveyancing panel is duty bound to inform M&S Bank of any changes to the purchase price. If you were to refuse your lawyers to disclose the reduction to M&S Bank then they would have to discontinue acting for you and M&S Bank.
What tools are available to search for a local solicitor on the M&S Bank conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to 20 miles to meet the solicitor.
You can use the find a conveyancing panel tool on this page. Please choose the lender and your location and you will see a number of lawyer located nearest you. Alternatively you can type in the name of your proposed law firm and see if they are listed as being on the M&S Bank solicitor panel.
We're in London, First time buyers buying with a mortgage (lender is M&S Bank , but our lawyer is on the M&S Bank conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the M&S Bank conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancer should guarantee a time-frame for your conveyancing due to third parties outside of our control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain
I have paid off my mortgage with M&S Bank. I assume I don't need a solicitor on the M&S Bank panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your M&S Bank 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 M&S Bank mortgage from the register. M&S Bank,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 M&S Bank has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
the M&S Bank has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your M&S Bank mortgage has been paid off.
After much negotiation I have agreed a price on a house. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their lawyers I paid an upfront payment of 200. Soon after the conveyancers contacted me to say that they were not on the M&S Bank conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the M&S Bank panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
Intending to buy a house with a mortgage with M&S Bank. I have received an online quote from a licensed conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the M&S Bank conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.
They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that they are on the M&S Bank conveyancing panel
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