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My fiance and I are purchasing a 3 bedroom apartment in Newcastle with a mortgage from Melton Mowbray Building Society. We have a solicitor but Melton Mowbray Building Society says he's not on their "panel". It seems we have little choice but to instruct one of the Melton Mowbray Building Society panel firms or keep our solicitor and pay for one of their panel ones to represent them. We feel as though this is unjust; Can we not simply insist that Melton Mowbray Building Society use our lawyer?
No, not really. The mortgage offered to you is subject to its terms and conditions, one of which will be that lawyers will on the Melton Mowbray Building Society conveyancing panel. Until recently, most lenders had large numbers of law firms on their panels: a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. Another option that might be available is for your solicitors to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Melton Mowbray Building Society
I am purchasing a newly constructed flat and my conveyancer is informing me that she has to disclose incentives from the builder as her firm is on the Melton Mowbray Building Society conveyancing panel. The Estate Agents are hassling me to exchange and I dont want to delay matters. is my lawyer taking the correct approach?
You should not exchange unless you have advised to do so by your lawyer. A precondition to being on the Melton Mowbray Building Society approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Melton Mowbray Building Society). The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
How up to date is your search tool for the Melton Mowbray Building Society conveyancing panel? Do Melton Mowbray Building Society send you an updated list?
The law firm practices themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Melton Mowbray Building Society conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Melton Mowbray Building Society directly.
The firm that just started acting on my purchase in Newcastle has without warning shut down. I chose them because I needed a firm on the Melton Mowbray Building Society conveyancing panel and my preferred lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take £175 for searches. What do I do now?
If you have an estate agent involved then inform them straight away so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Melton Mowbray Building Society conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers should be in a position to assist
When it comes to mortgage companies such as Melton Mowbray Building Society do solicitors have to be pay a fee to be on the conveyancing panel?
We are not aware of any lender fees to be on their panel although some do charge an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel application.
It is not clear whether my mortgage offer obliges me to make sure the lease term for the flat is extended prior to the completion date . I have called into my local branch Melton Mowbray Building Society on numerous occasions and told it wasn't a problem and they would lend. My solicitor - who is on the Melton Mowbray Building Society 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
As long as the conveyancer is on the Melton Mowbray Building Society panel she or he must comply with the CML Handbook requirements for Melton Mowbray Building Society. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that Melton Mowbray Building Society 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 Melton Mowbray Building Society to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the remaining number of years left on the lease.
After shopping around on the internet I have found a solicitor having made sure that they are on the Melton Mowbray Building Society conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
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I've read lots of mortgage guides,I note that they all recommend that you should get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my solicitor - who is on the Melton Mowbray Building Society conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. Is that normal?
Melton Mowbray Building Society will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Melton Mowbray Building Society will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey.
You may wish to consider appointing your own surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.
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Your lawyer will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Melton Mowbray Building Society you could contact your them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors.