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FAQs for the Landmark Mortgages Conveyancing Panel
It has come to my attention via my broker that my lawyer is not on the Landmark Mortgages Conveyancing panel. What can I do to be certain that this is indeed the case?
The best course of action for you to take is to contact your lawyer directly. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to advise you of the situation. If they are not on the panel they may recommend you to a firm that is on the the approved Landmark Mortgages solicitor panel.
can you help? My lawyer is assuring me that he has to order a Local Authority search because the firm are on the Landmark Mortgages approved lawyer panel. The searches cost a lot of money. Can this be avoided?
Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. As you are taking a mortgage with Landmark Mortgages your lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of Landmark Mortgages’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook requirements last updated Landmark Mortgages. even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out a local authority search.
I have checked your search tool I can't find the lawyer I was hoping to instruct as being on the Landmark Mortgages conveyancing panel. My lawyer has said that they are on the Landmark Mortgages approved panel. How can I be sure given that they are not listed on your directory?
Not all firms are yet listed on our lender panel search tool which is still relatively new. Law firms are listing on a daily basis and it is probably the case that your lawyer is on the Landmark Mortgages conveyancing lawyer and you should probably take them at their word. Please do feel free to suggest that they completing their listing on our site as it would only cost them £1 a month to list themselves as being on the Landmark Mortgages solicitor panel.
My uncle passed away 10 months ago and as sole heir and executor was left the property. The house had a small mortgage left on it of around £8000. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Landmark Mortgages , pay off the mortgage etc. Is this possible?
If you intend to re-mortgage then Landmark Mortgages will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Landmark Mortgages conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Landmark Mortgages conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Landmark Mortgages mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
I have today made my last payment due on mortgage with Landmark Mortgages. I assume I don't need a solicitor on the Landmark Mortgages panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your Landmark Mortgages mortgage they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Landmark Mortgages mortgage from the register. Landmark Mortgages,and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
but are not moving to another property
where the Landmark Mortgages has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
the Landmark Mortgages has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Landmark Mortgages mortgage has been paid off.
My existing mortgage is with Landmark Mortgages. My grandfather retired last week and wants to pay off the mortgage left on the property. After Landmark Mortgages is paid, I want to transfer the property to my mother's name; How long will it roughly take? Do we need two separate solicitors on the Landmark Mortgages conveyancing panel? I do not intend to live at the property once the Landmark Mortgages mortgage is discharged.
Although you do need to retain the services of a lawyer they dont
need to be on the Landmark Mortgages panel.
You will need a solicitor to draw up the transfer and
to deal with the Land Registry formalities. The only thing you need to
consider is that by selling at an undervalue so ask your lawyer about
the implications. There could be an inheritance tax issue if you die
within 7 years of this. There's no capital gains tax for you as it is
your main residence.
The mortgage over my property is with Landmark Mortgages. Conveyancing has been completed 12 months ago. Should I wish to rent out my property and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a buy-to-let mortgage or inform Landmark Mortgages?
Landmark Mortgages must be informed of your intention prior to renting your property as this is likely to be a breach of Landmark Mortgages’s mortgage conditions. It may be that Landmark Mortgages will allow you to rent out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Landmark Mortgages directly. It should not be necessary to do this via a Landmark Mortgages conveyancing panel firm.
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