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My financial adviser has has requested my lawyer’ panel reference for the Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I discover this. I have contacted my local Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One 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 Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One panel reference.
Our solicitor has identified a legal deficiency with the lease for the property we are purchasing. The other side have put forward defective title insurance as a workaround. We are content with insurance and will pay for it. Our lawyer has advised that as he is on the Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One conveyancing panel he must ensure that the lender is happy with this solution. Are we the client or is Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One?
The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the potential for a conflict of interest, you and Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One are the client. A precondition to being on the Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One). The CML Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects will the lease so that Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One 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 require the services of a Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One panel solicitor in Belfast. Could you help me?
Unfortunately it’s not apparent why you need a Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One panel solicitor but in any event, if you can not find one on our search tool you will need to speak directly to Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One to find out which solicitors in Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One are on their panel. If you do find such a firm not listed please direct them to our site to list. After all the cost is only one £1 a month
The firm that I appointed last week on my house acquisition in Newcastle has suddenly shut down. They were on acting for me because I needed a firm on the Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One conveyancing panel and my preferred lawyer was not. I paid them £200 on account. 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 reasons beyond your control. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One 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 may be able to assist
Is there a list of Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One panel solicitors on the Council of Mortgage Lender’s 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.
Do conveyancing solicitors on the Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One conveyancing panel work on a no move no charge basis?
There is generally 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
Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One have agreed my mortgage in principle, my offer on house has been accepted, now what?
The estate agent will want to know who your solicitors are (make sure these solicitors are on the lenders panel). Call up Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One or your broker and complete any relevant paperwork. Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One will tell you what documents they want. Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One will instruct a valuer. The valuer will get in touch with the estate agent or seller to book an appointment. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes about week to get a mortgage offer. Royal Bank of Scotland -Natwest One will issue the offer to you and your lawyer. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing.