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Examples of recent questions relating to the Paragon Mortgages Conveyancing Panel

My IFA has asked me for my solicitor’s panel reference for the Paragon Mortgages conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I discover this. I have contacted my local Paragon Mortgages office but they cant find it on their system.
the sensible thing to do is ask for this information from your solicitor. They should have a central record lender panel numbers including the Paragon Mortgages panel reference.
Our conveyancer has discovered a problem with the lease for the flat we are buying. The seller’s lawyers have put forward defective title insurance as a workaround. We are happy with insurance and will pay for it. Our solicitor has advised that as he is on the Paragon Mortgages conveyancing panel he must check that the lender is happy with this solution. Who is the client here, us or Paragon Mortgages?
The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the potential for a conflict of interest, you and Paragon Mortgages are the client. A precondition to being on the Paragon Mortgages approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Paragon Mortgages). The CML Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects will the lease so that Paragon Mortgages can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected . Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.
I am looking for online conveyancing estimates. Can I be assured that all the firms that are identified on your website are on the Paragon Mortgages conveyancing panel?
The solicitor and licensed conveyancing practices listed on our site have assured us via an online form that they are on the Paragon Mortgages panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the Paragon Mortgages panel. To date we have not been informed by either a mortgage company or a member of the public that the data about a specific firm being on the Paragon Mortgages conveyancing panel is incorrect.
I was scheduled to move into my flat yesterday. My lawyer’s firm is on the Paragon Mortgages solicitors panel but has changed address 8 weeks ago and had not advised Paragon Mortgages of their new address. Paragon Mortgages has locked down the release of mortgage funds until such time as their systems are up to date with the correct details.
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 Paragon Mortgages branch or your mortgage broker to see if they can assist.
Do conveyancing lawyers on the Paragon Mortgages conveyancing panel work on a no move no charge basis?
In the main there are no requirements by lenders for their firms to operate on a no-sale-no-fee basis. There a small number of lenders who operate a very restricted conveyancing panel managed by a third party company (often termed in the industry as a ‘gatekeeper’). That third party may impose certain conditions such as non-sale-no fee on the panel firms. If you require this as a condition of your conveyancing then you should check with the conveyancing firm that this is part of their service
Two weeks ago we had a mortgage agreed in principle with Paragon Mortgages. Solicitors have been chosen? What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Paragon Mortgages?
Some lenders take longer than others. Have Paragon Mortgages done the valuation? Have you advised Paragon Mortgages as your lawyers details and checked that your lawyer is on the Paragon Mortgages conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through
After much negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers I paid an upfront payment of 175. Soon after the conveyancers contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Paragon Mortgages 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 Paragon Mortgages 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.