My financial adviser has requested my Temple Fortune solicitor’s panel member for the Nat West conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I discover this. I have called my local Temple Fortune branch but they have not got back to me yet.
You are best placed to get this information from your Temple Fortune solicitor . Most Temple Fortune law firms will keep a file or database of lender panel information which would include, if applicable, their conveyancing panel details for each lender.
We were just about to sign contracts for a ground floor flat in Temple Fortune. We have hit a problem. Our mortgage offer with Yorkshire Building Society expires on 20/4/2026 but the sellers are suggesting a completion date of 22/4/2026. Is it possible to extend the mortgage expiry date?
The best person to deal with your concern is your lawyer who is in a position to assess whether he or she is should be discussing with the bank, vendor’s lawyers, selling agents or possibly all parties taking into account what has happend in your transaction as of today.
Is it necessary during the course of the conveyancing process to pop into the offices of the solicitor to sign the legal charge? If so, I will choose one who does conveyancing in Temple Fortune so that I can pop in to their offices when needed.
Whereas this was necessary twenty years ago, most lenders no longer require their conveyancing panel solicitor to witness the borrowers signature. It will still be necessary for you to hand over ID documents and there are still manifest benefits to choosing a locally based solicitor, in your situation a conveyancing solicitor in Temple Fortune.
I used Arc property Solicitors a few years ago for my conveyancing in Temple Fortune. Now, I need the files however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
You should contact 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 Temple Fortune 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.
I was recommended by a number of selling agents in Temple Fortune to locate a property lawyer on your site. What’s the financial advantage for Estate Agents to market your lawyers ahead of a competitor’s?
We refuse to make any commission for pointing buyers and sellers in our direction. We thought it would be too underhand a fee as members of the public would think, ‘Why is the agent getting a kickback? Why aren’t I getting any benefit too?’ So we decided to step away from that.
My solicitors in Temple Fortune have advised me that no longer have my conveyancing file. To assist with my purchase I took out a mortgage with the lender. Is it case that being on the bank conveyancing panel they need to have retained the file for a prescribed period?
It very much depends from lender to lender but many of the Terms and Conditions of Conveyancing Panel Appointment require the file to be held for a period of 6 years. That being said we have not seen a copy of the lender Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting the lender directly.