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Nedbank Conveyancing Panel Recently Asked Questions
How easy is it to change a solicitor as I need to find one who is on the Nedbank conveyancing panel. Is it practical to instruct different lawyers?
If you haven't yet instructed a solicitor to do anything for you and have just received quotes, you're perfectly free to choose a different solicitor to carry out your work for you. The best way is to get recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the solicitor or conveyancer you're considering.
Much to my surprise my conveyancing solicitor has requested from me personal identification documents saying that this forms part of his requirements as a conveyancer on the Nedbank Conveyancing panel. Am I being spun a yarn?
Due to Money Laundering Regulations your conveyancing lawyer is duty bound to confirm positively your identification when entering into a business relationship with you. It is a criminal offense if your lawyer not do this. If you do not provide ID early in the transaction the solicitor must refuse to act for you. It’s unlikely a lawyer will turn you away if you come to the first meeting without relevant ID but you will have to produce it at some point so you might as well bring it with you to the initial meeting so the lawyer can tick the ID verification box and start sorting out the conveyancing straight away. If you are getting a mortgage with Nedbank your lawyer also has to check ID documents to satisfy Nedbank
Having used your search tool I can't find the lawyer I was hoping to instruct as being on the Nedbank conveyancing panel. My lawyer has said that they are on the Nedbank approved panel. How can I be sure given that they are not listed on your directory?
Not all firms are yet listed on our lender panel search tool which is still relatively new. Law firms are listing on a daily basis and it is probably the case that your lawyer is on the Nedbank conveyancing lawyer and you should probably take them at their word. Please do feel free to suggest that they completing their listing on our site as it would only cost them £1 a month to list themselves as being on the Nedbank solicitor panel.
I was expecting to move into my dream home last Friday. My solicitor is on the Nedbank solicitors panel but has moved offices 8 weeks ago and had not advised Nedbank of their new address. Nedbank has locked down the release of mortgage funds as the information from the solicitors isn't correct.
This is as unusual as it is unlucky. The majority of lender Terms of Conveyancing Panel Appointment specifically oblige the solicitor to inform the lender of an address change. Your solicitor needs to treat this with the utmost urgency. Do speak with or register your concern with the senior partner (assuming he or she is not your direct lawyer). Most lenders would be reasonable in this situation and expedite the resolution of this issue. It may be prudent to enlist the help of your local Nedbank branch or your mortgage broker to see if they can assist.
Can you point me to a directory of Nedbank panel solicitors on the CML Handbook Website?
No. There is no such tool on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association websites. Very few lenders make their panel listings available online.
We have a mortgage agreed in principle with Nedbank. Solicitors have been instructed? What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Nedbank?
There is no definitive answer here. Have Nedbank done the survey? Have you advised Nedbank as your lawyers details and checked that your lawyer is on the Nedbank conveyancing panel? sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued
I recently had an offer accepted on a house. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their lawyers I paid an upfront payment of 150. Soon after the conveyancers contacted me to say that they were not on the Nedbank 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 Nedbank 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.
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