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Skipton Building Society Conveyancing Panel : Questions and Answers
I am hoping to receive a mortgage offer from Skipton Building Society. my intention is to employ the services of a Licensed Conveyancer. Does the Skipton Building Society Conveyancing panel exclude conveyancers regulated by the CLC
Skipton Building Society’s conveyancing panel is, like many other lenders associated to the Council or Mortgage Lenders or BSA, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
Our solicitor is asking me for ID documents asserting that this is part of his retainer as a solicitor on the Skipton Building Society Solicitor panel. Am I being spun a yarn?
Anti-terror and anti-money-laundering rules require solicitors and licensed conveyancers to verify the identity of the person or body they are dealing with before they can accept their conveyancing business. The Terms and Conditions that you need to sign will no doubt confirm this. Your lawyer is right that Skipton Building Society also require certain documents to be viewed. If a you refuse to provide ID verification documents, your conveyancer would not be able to accept instructions from you. Your lawyer also has obligations to obtain certain documents in accordance with Skipton Building Society CML Handbook requirements last updated on Skipton Building Society
I note that you have a post code search directory identifying law firms on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for my own house purchase?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to the any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint.
I am selling my house. Does my solicitor have to be on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel in order to deal with paying off my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Skipton 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.
Hi, thinking about buying a house off my mate. Assuming we can agree a figure, what’s the best way to move forward? I plan to obtain a mortgage with Skipton Building Society. Is it possible to avoid using solicitors to save us both money? My dad reckons back in the day he did a lot of it himself, just went into the land registry office and providing them with the info they needed himself
If you are getting a mortgage with Skipton Building Society involved you will need to appoint a solicitor on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel. We would not encourage you to both use the same solicitors' firm. There are clear conflict of interest issues and it's not going to make a huge difference to the speed of the overall process. So as not to hold things us you should pass on your solicitors details to Skipton Building Society. Feel free to use our search tool to look for a licensed conveyancer or solicitor on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel.
My husband and I are in the process of looking at houses and am about to put in an offer. Is it best to have a conveyancer on ‘stand by’? I will be getting a mortgage with Skipton Building Society
It would be sensible to have your start your search soon rather than later. 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 Skipton Building Society , make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel.
I currently have a mortgage with with Skipton Building Society. Conveyancing was finalised some time ago. Should I wish to rent out my property and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a BTL mortgage or inform Skipton Building Society?
Your original mortgage agreement with Skipton Building Society will provide that you need their approval in advance of letting out your property as this is likely to be a breach of Skipton Building Society’s mortgage conditions. In many cases banks or building societies will permit you to let out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Skipton Building Society directly. You need not do this via a Skipton Building Society conveyancing panel lawyer.