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Frequently asked questions relating to the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society Solicitor Panel
I am hoping to receive a offer of a mortgage from Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. I would like to instruct a Licensed Conveyancer. Does the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society Solicitor panel allow for conveyancers regulated by the CLC
Norwich and Peterborough Building Society’s approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders associated to the CML or BSA, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the CLC.
Please help. My lawyer is assuring me that he has to order a Local Authority search stemming from the fact that the firm are on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society conveyancing panel. Do I not have a choice here?
Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. As you are taking a mortgage with Norwich and Peterborough Building Society 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 Norwich and Peterborough Building Society’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook requirements last updated Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out a local authority search.
I am buying a flat and need a conveyancing solicitor in Newcastle who is on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society solicitor. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a firm?
Our service is a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Norwich and Peterborough Building Society . We don’t recommend any particular firm.
I am selling my house. Does my solicitor have to be on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society conveyancing panel in order to deal with paying off my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society 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.
Do the majority of banks operate their own panel of solicitors?
Many lenders do operate a restricted conveyancing panel but a lot of lenders allow any solicitors to join their panel so long as they meet their criteria. Each lender sets their own criteria. For example the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society conveyancing panel requirements are different to Norwich and Peterborough Building Society’s conveyancing panel criteria.
I have today made my last payment due on mortgage with Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. I assume I don't need a solicitor on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm
If you have finished paying off your Norwich and Peterborough Building Society 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 Norwich and Peterborough Building Society mortgage from the register. Norwich and Peterborough Building Society,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 Norwich and Peterborough Building Society has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Norwich and Peterborough Building Society mortgage has been paid off.
My ex -wife’s name is on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society mortgage of my property but not on the land registry. The apartment was transferred to me on our divorce many years ago by way of a sealed court order. Does my ex still have a say on the sale even though the land registry showing the property in my name alone? Will I be required to take her name of the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society mortgage in order to sell?
In terms of the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society mortgage, it is unusual that your ex-wife’s name remains on the mortgage but not on the title. It is conceivable that this is an oversight on the part of your conveyancers to ensure that her name was removed or even an administrative error on the part of Norwich and Peterborough Building Society in failing to update their data. In any event, it should cause difficulty providing her name no longer appears on the Land Registry title and you have a court order ordering that the property is transferred to you.