Unfortunately I am unable to travel far from Beckenham. What is the rationale as to why all Beckenham conveyancers are not on all bank panels?
Lenders ordinarily restrict either the nature or the number of conveyancing practices on their approved list of lawyers. A common example of such criteria being that the organisation needs to have at least two partners. As well as restricting the type of firm, some have made a decision to limit the number of practices they allow to represent them. It is worth noting that banks have no liability for the standard of service supplied by any Beckenham lawyer on their panel. Increases in mortgage fraud was the primary trigger for the reduction of conveyancing panels in the last decade notwithstanding that there are conflicting points of view concerning whether solicitors sat at the center of that fraud. Data from HMLR indicates that thousands of law organisations only carry out less than three conveyances a year. Those advocating conveyancing panel consolidation question why conveyancing firms deserve any entitlement to be on a bank panel when clearly conveyancing is not their speciality?
I am assisting my niece sell her house in Beckenham. Does the conveyancer arrange an energy performance certificate or should I organise this?
After the abolition of Home Packs, energy performance certificates remained a required component of moving house. An energy assessment must be commissioned before the property is advertised. This is not as aspect of the sale process that lawyers ordinarily arrange. If you are instructing a Beckenham conveyancing practitioner they may be willing to arrange EPC’s given their relationships with long established Beckenham energy assessors
I happen to be the only beneficiary of my late mum's estate and I have everything in my name alone, including the my former home in Beckenham. Conveyancing formalities meant that the Land Registry date was in March. I now wish to sell up. I understand that there is a Mortgage Lenders six month 'rule', which means that my proprietorship could be regarded the same way as though I had purchased the property in March. Is the property unsalable for six months?
The CML handbook instructs solicitors to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." Technically you could be affected by that. How practical a view mortgage companies take of it, depend on the bank as this clause is chiefly there to capture the purchase and immediately sell or the flipping of property.
I am purchasing a property in Beckenham. An unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. HSBC have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?
Given that your lender is HSBC your lawyer must follow the conveyancing requirements contained in Part 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for HSBC. The CML Handbook sets out minimum conditions for solar panel roof-space leases, and solicitors are required to report to HSBC where a lease fails to comply with these provisions. The provisions relate to the installation of panels on properties in England and Wales and is not restricted to Beckenham.
I'm buying my first flat in Beckenham benefiting from help to buy. The developers refused to reduce the price so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent advised me not to tell my conveyancer about this side-deal as it will put at risk my mortgage with the lender. Should I keep quiet?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
Over the last few months I have been searching for a flat up to £245,000 and identified one near me in Beckenham I like with open areas and railway links nearby, the downside is that it's only got 49 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Beckenham for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error acquiring a lease with such few years left?
If you need a mortgage that many years may be an issue. Discount the price by the anticipated lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the existing proprietor has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you could request that they start the process of the extension and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this.
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I have noted on a number of online forums that when choosing a conveyancing solicitors they must be approved by your mortgage company. This is my first house move but I have an offer in principle via Santander and I already have a family conveyancing solicitor in Beckenham on standby. Will HSBC need an approved solicitor to be selected? Does a list of approved firms even exist so I can appoint a conveyancing lawyer in Beckenham?
You should choose a solicitor that is on the HSBC panel. Just call your chosen Beckenham conveyancing solicitor and ask if they are on the HSBC panel. If they are not approved you have a couple of options open to you here:
- Proceed with your chosen Beckenham lawyer but HSBC will need to instruct a conveyancer on their conveyancing panel. The net impact is additional charges together with likely interruption.
- Choose a new solicitor to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the HSBC conveyancing panel.
- Convince your lawyer to do everything possible to join the HSBC panel of solicitors.