I am acquiring an apartment in Frant. My Solicitor has never been on on the mortgage company solicitor panel. Can I still retain my Frant conveyancing solicitor notwithstanding that they are excluded from the lender panel?
Various options include
- Proceed with your preferred Frant lawyer but your lender will no doubt appoint a conveyancer from their approved list. The net result is additional fees and probable delay.
- Get a fresh conveyancer to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the bank conveyancing panel.
- Convince your lawyer to do everything within their powers to get listed on the bank’s conveyancing panel
Can you help? My Frant conveyancer is advising me that he is legally obliged toapply for Frant conveyancing searches becausethe firm are on the HSBCapproved lawyer panel. Is my solicitor correct?
Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. As you are obtaining a mortgage with a bank your lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your conveyancer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to comply with the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook provisions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Frant conveyancing searches.
My lender has recommended a law firm on their panel based in Frant but I would rather choose a conveyancing lawyer in Frant local to me. Can you help?
Not all Frant conveyancing practitioners are approved and listed on all lender’s conveyancing panel. Use the above search tool to identify a Frant conveyancing solicitor on the on the bank panel.
I require quick conveyancing in Frant as I am under a deadline to complete inside one month. A mortgage is not required. Is it possible to decline from having conveyancing searches to save money and time?
If.Given you are are a mortgage free purchaser you have the choice not to have searches conducted although no law firm would recommend that you don't. Drawing on years of experience of conveyancing in Frant the following are examples of issues that can crop up and therefore impact the marketability of the property: Enforcement Notices, Outstanding Fees, Outstanding Grants, Road Schemes,...
I used Wolstenholmes a few years ago for my conveyancing in Frant. Now, I need the files however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Frant of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
My partner has recommend that I instruct his conveyancing solicitors in Frant. Do I take his advice?
There are no two ways about it it’s preferable to find a conveyancing practitioner is to have guidance from friends or relatives who have actually used the conveyancer that you are contemplating using.