My IFA requires my Maghull law firm’s panel member for the Santander conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I discover this. I have called my local Maghull office but they don't know it.
Have you tried contacting your Maghull solicitor about this?. They should have a central record lender panel numbers.
My lawyer has uncovered a defect with the lease for the apartment we are buying in Maghull. The seller’s lawyers have put forward title insurance as a workaround. We are content with insurance and will cover the costs. Our lawyer has advised that he must check that the mortgage company is content with this solution. Are we the client or is the mortgage company ?
Even though you have a mortgage offer from the bank does not mean to say that the property will meet their provisions for the purposes of a mortgage. Your lawyer has to ensure that the lease has to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions. You and the mortgage company are the client. These conveyancing instructions have to be complied with.
My husband and I have organised the release of further monies on our home loan from UBS as we want to conduct improvements to our property in Maghull. Do we need to select a nearby Maghull solicitor on the UBS conveyancing panel to handle the paperwork?
UBS don't usually instruct a member of their approved list of lawyers to handle the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the UBS panel.
I'm in the process of viewing apartments in Maghull and I am now considering a potential offer. Is it wise to have a conveyancer on ‘stand by’? I intend to finance via a mortgage with TSB.
It would be wise to commence your search sooner 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 contact information on to the selling agent. As you are obtaining a mortgage with TSB, make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the TSB conveyancing panel.
I can not fathom if my mortgage offer obliges me to make sure the lease term for the flat is extended prior to the completion date. I have called my Maghull building society branch on numerous occasions and was told it does not affect the mortgage offer and they will lend. My Maghull conveyancing solicitor - who is on the mortgage company conveyancing panel- called and was told they will not lend based on their specific requirements. Who do I believe?
Your solicitor has to follow the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook Part 2 provisions for your lender. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that the bank 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 the mortgage company to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the number of years left on the lease.
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Is it best to appoint a Maghull conveyancing solicitor who is local to the property I am buying? An old friend can perform the legal formalities however his firm is located a couple of hundredmiles drive away.
The benefit of a high street Maghull conveyancing practice is that you can attend the office to sign paperwork, hand in your identification documents and apply pressure on them if necessary. Having local Maghull know how is a plus. That being said it's more important to get someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If you know people who instructed your friend and in the main were impressed that must outweigh using an unfamiliar Maghull conveyancing solicitor just because they are based in the area.
I’m about to sell my basement flat in Maghull. Conveyancing is yet to be initiated, however I have just received a quarterly service charge invoice – Do I pay up?
It best that you discharge the service charge as usual as all rents and service invoices will be allotted on completion, so you will be reimbursed by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the subsequent invoice date. Most management companies will not acknowledge the buyer unless the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.
Maghull Leasehold Conveyancing - Examples of Queries before buying
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If a Maghull lease has less than 80 years it will have adverse implications on the marketability of the flat. Check with your mortgage company that they are willing to to proceed given the lease term. A short lease means that you will most likely have to extend the lease sooner rather than later and you need to have some idea of what this will be. For most Maghulllease extensions you would be required to have owned the residence for a couple of years before you are entitled to extend the lease. The prefered form of lease structure is if the freehold title is in the ownership of the leaseholders. In this scenario the tenants benefit from control and although a managing agent is frequently retained where it is bigger than a house conversion, the managing agent employed by the leaseholders. How many years are left on the lease?