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My partner and I are FTBs. Within the 48 hours our lawyer has forwarded the sale agreement to sign with a detailed report with a view to exchanging next week. West Bromwich Building Society have this evening contacted us to inform me that they have now hit a problem as our conveyancer is not on their approved list of lawyers. Please explain?
When purchasing a property with the benefit of a mortgage it is usual for the purchaser's solicitors to also act for the purchaser's lender.

In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your property lawyers should contact West Bromwich Building Society and see if they can apply for membership of the West Bromwich Building Society conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable West Bromwich Building Society will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the West Bromwich Building Society conveyancing panel and you may continue to use your own solicitors, in which case it will likely add costs, and it will likely delay the transaction as you have another set of people involved.

I am purchasing a newly built duplex and my solicitor is telling me that she has to reveal incentives from the builder as her practice is on the West Bromwich Building Society conveyancing panel. I am nearing the developer’s deadline to sign contracts and I dont want to prolong the conveyancing. is my lawyer taking the correct approach?
You should not exchange unless you have advised to do so by your lawyer. A precondition to being on the West Bromwich Building Society approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on West Bromwich Building Society). The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
I am purchasing a house and require a conveyancing solicitor in Birmingham who is on the West Bromwich Building Society conveyancing. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a solicitor?
Our service is a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for West Bromwich Building Society . We don’t recommend any particular firm.
I was due to complete on my dream home last Friday. My solicitor is on the West Bromwich Building Society conveyancing panel but has moved offices 8 weeks ago and had not advised West Bromwich Building Society of their new address. West Bromwich Building Society is now refusing to release my funds until such time as their systems are up to date with the correct details.
This is a rare situation indeed. 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 West Bromwich Building Society branch or your mortgage broker to see if they can assist.
I have paid off my mortgage with West Bromwich Building Society. I assume I don't need a solicitor on the West Bromwich Building Society panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm
If you have finished paying off your West Bromwich 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 West Bromwich Building Society mortgage from the register. West Bromwich 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 West Bromwich Building Society has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and the West Bromwich Building Society has instructed the Land Registry to do so The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your West Bromwich Building Society mortgage has been paid off.
It is not clear whether my mortgage offer obliges me to make sure the lease term for the flat is extended prior to the completion date . I have called into my local branch West Bromwich Building Society on numerous occasions and was told they are content with the situation and they would lend. My solicitor - who is on the West Bromwich Building Society conveyancing panel- telephoned and was told not they would not lend in accordance with their CML Handbook minimum lease term requirements. I simply dont know who is right
As long as the conveyancer is on the West Bromwich Building Society panel she or he must comply with the CML Handbook requirements for West Bromwich Building Society. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that West Bromwich Building Society will go ahead your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask West Bromwich Building Society to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the remaining number of years left on the lease.
My ex -wife’s name is on the West Bromwich 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 West Bromwich Building Society mortgage in order to sell?
As regards the West Bromwich 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 West Bromwich 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.