We see that you have a post code search directory identifying solicitors on the RBS conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for our conveyancing in Somerton?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the RBS conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Somerton.
Our lender has suggested solicitors on their panel based in Somerton but I would rather use a conveyancing lawyer in Somerton round the corner to me. Are you able to assist?
The minority of Somerton conveyancing solicitors are approved and listed on all lender’s conveyancing panel. Please make use of our search tool to find a Somerton conveyancing conveyancer on the on the mortgage company panel.
After weeks of negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Somerton. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an upfront payment of £150. Soon after, the solicitor called me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the RBS 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 RBS 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.
I am due to exchange contracts on my flat. I had a double glazing fitted in February 2010, but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My purchaser’s lender, Santander are being a right pain. The Somerton solicitor who is on the Santander conveyancing panel is saying indemnity insurance will be fine but Santander are requiring a building regulation certificate. Why do Santander have a conveyancing panel if they don't accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that Santander have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Santander may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing was correctly and safely installed. The indemnity insurance merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.
Planning on purchasing a maisonette in Somerton. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Santander conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.
They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Somerton solicitor is on the Santander conveyancing panel.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Somerton?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Somerton. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
I'm purchasing a new build house in Somerton benefiting from help to buy. The builders would not budge the price so I negotiated 6k of extras instead. The estate agent suggested that I not disclose to my conveyancer about this extras as it would adversely affect my loan with Accord Mortgages Ltd. Is this normal?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder 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.
I am purchasing a garden maisonette in Somerton. Conveyancing solicitor has been awaiting, from the vendor, building insurance paperwork. This morning I was informed that the owner must forward the insurance documents for the flat above in addition. Why does my solicitor want to see the insurance for the flat above? Is it really required? We have been waiting for the last month…
It is not impossible in leasehold conveyancing in Somerton to find Conveyancing in Somerton in a minority of cases reveals that the lease provides for the leasehold owners to insure their individual flats as opposed to the landlord insuring the complete premises - which is definitely better. You should contact your lawyer but it would appear that your conveyancing practitioner is attempting to establish that the entire building is insured. Insuring a ground floor residence is no help when it comes to rebuilding after a fire if the other flat cannot be reconstructed as a result of lack of insurance.