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FAQs for the Newbury Mortgage Services Solicitor Panel
For what reasons could a firm of solicitors be removed from the Newbury Mortgage Services solicitor panel?
According to a recent survey report by the solicitors regulator three quarters of solicitor practices had been removed from a lender panel. The top reasons in order are :
- Low volume of transactions
- the lawyer is a sole practitioner
- as part of the HSBC panel reduction
- regulatory contact by SRA
- accidental removal. We are not aware of the specific or common criteria for removal by Newbury Mortgage Services
I do hope you can help me. My solicitor is advising me that he is legally obliged to conduct a Local Authority search as the firm are on the Newbury Mortgage Services solicitor panel. Is my lawyer correct?
You have limited options available to you. Given that you are taking out a loan with Newbury Mortgage Services your lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of Newbury Mortgage Services’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook requirements last updated Newbury Mortgage Services. even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out a local authority search.
How up to date is your database of lawyers on the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel? Do Newbury Mortgage Services send you an updated list?
The firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Newbury Mortgage Services directly.
Please explain the implications if my solicitor is suspended from the Newbury Mortgage Services Conveyancing panel before completion?
First, this is a very rare occurrence. In most cases even where a law firm is removed off of a panel the lender would allow the completion to go ahead as the lender would appreciate the difficulties that they would place you in if you have ti instruct a new solicitor days before completion. In a worst case scenario where the lender insists that you instruct a new firm then it is possible for a very good lawyer to expedite the conveyancing albeit that you may pay a significant premium for this. The analogous situation is where a buyer instructs a lawyer, exchanges contracts and the law firm is shut down by the regulator such as the SRA. Again, in this situation you can find lawyers who can troubleshoot their way to bring the conveyancing to a satisfactory conclusion - albeit at a cost.
Are all conveyancing solicitors on the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel they would need to be regulated by the SRA. Many lenders do allow licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such firms would be regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers (CLC).
I had instructed online conveyancers located in Bristol who are on the Newbury Mortgage Services solicitor panel. They have just invoiced me a separate fee of £175 for the legal aspects of the Newbury Mortgage Services mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by Newbury Mortgage Services?
Unfortunately, as long as it is in their Terms and Conditions or Quote then yes your solicitors can charge a fee for this. This fee is not set by Newbury Mortgage Services but by your lawyers. Some firms on the Newbury Mortgage Services will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.
My husband and I are in the throws of looking at flats and am about to put in an offer. Is it premature to have a solicitor in place? I I am planning to take a home loan with Newbury Mortgage Services
You should start obtaining conveyancing quotes from solicitors ASAP. Once you decide who you want to use and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their details on the the EA. As you are getting a mortgage with Newbury Mortgage Services , make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel.