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Common questions asked concerning the Vida Homeloans Conveyancing Panel
My IFA has asked me for my solicitor’s panel reference for the Vida Homeloans conveyancing panel. How do I discover this. I have tried my local Vida Homeloans branch but they cant find it on their system.
Have you tried speaking to your lawyer about this?. A law firm is likely to keep a file or database of lender panel information which would include, if applicable their conveyancing panel details for Vida Homeloans.
Can you help?. My lawyer is not to blame but, the conveyancing for my house purchase has been going on for months. The Local Authority Search from Vida Homeloans was issued random date and we have agreed a date for me to move into the property on 6. My lawyer has advised that as she is on the Vida Homeloans conveyancing panel she needs to redo the searches as they are now out of date.
One of the many conditions to being on the Vida Homeloans approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Vida Homeloans)which states that a local authority search be not more than 6 months old. You should nevertheless ask your lawyer to check whether something called ‘search validation’ indemnity insurance is acceptable to Vida Homeloans.
What tools are available to find a local solicitor on the Vida Homeloans conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to 20 kilometers to meet the solicitor.
Feel free to make use of the find a conveyancing panel tool on this page. Please choose the lender and your location and you will see a number of lawyer located nearest you. Alternatively you can type in the name of your proposed law firm and see if they are listed as being on the Vida Homeloans solicitor panel.
My solicitors in London have advised me that they can not locate my conveyancing file. At the time of my purchase I took out a mortgage with Vida Homeloans. Is it case that being on the Vida Homeloans conveyancing panel they need to have retained the file for a prescribed period?
Different lenders have different requirements but many of the Terms and Conditions of Conveyancing Panel Appointment require the file to be held for a period of 6 years. That being said we have not seen a copy of the Vida Homeloans Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting Vida Homeloans directly.
Is it the case that all conveyancing solicitors on the Vida Homeloans conveyancing panel regulated by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?
As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Vida Homeloans conveyancing panel they would need to be regulated by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. 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 recently had an offer accepted on a house. My mortgage broker suggested a solicitor I paid an upfront payment of 175. Soon after the conveyancers contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Vida Homeloans 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 Vida Homeloans 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.
My ex -wife’s name is on the Vida Homeloans 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 Vida Homeloans mortgage in order to sell?
As regards the Vida Homeloans 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 Vida Homeloans 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.
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