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Frequently asked questions relating to the Landmark Mortgages Solicitor Panel
How easy is it to change a solicitor as I need to find one who is on the Landmark Mortgages conveyancing panel. How easy is it to change conveyancer?
If you haven't yet instructed a solicitor to do anything for you and have just received quotes, you're perfectly free to choose a different solicitor to carry out your work for you. The best way is to get recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the solicitor or conveyancer you're considering.
I am buying a newly constructed flat and my conveyancer is informing me that she has to reveal incentives from the builder as her firm is on the Landmark Mortgages conveyancing panel. I am on a tight deadline to sign contracts and I dont want to prolong matters. is my lawyer taking the correct approach?
You should not exchange unless you have advised to do so by your lawyer. A precondition to being on the Landmark Mortgages approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Landmark Mortgages). The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
I need to find a Landmark Mortgages panel solicitor in Inverness. Can you assist?
It is not clear why you need a Landmark Mortgages panel solicitor but in any event, if you can not find one on our search tool you will need to speak directly to Landmark Mortgages to find out which solicitors in Landmark Mortgages are on their panel. If you do find such a firm not listed please direct them to our site to list. At a fee of one pound per month it is not expensive to register on the site
The firm that I appointed last week on my purchase in Manchester has without warning shut down. They were on acting for me because I needed a solicitor on the Landmark Mortgages conveyancing panel and my preferred lawyer was not. I paid them £200 on account. What are my options?
Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then let them know immediately so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Landmark Mortgages conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors may be able to assist
I had instructed online conveyancers based in Manchester who are on the Landmark Mortgages solicitor panel. They have just invoiced me a separate fee of £150 for the legal aspects of the Landmark Mortgages mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee set by Landmark Mortgages?
Unfortunately, as long as it is in their Terms and Conditions or Quote then yes your solicitors can charge a fee for this. This fee is not set by Landmark Mortgages but by your lawyers. Some firms on the Landmark Mortgages will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.
My wife and I have arranged a further advance on our mortgage from Landmark Mortgages as we wish to carry out a loft conversion to our home. Do we need to appoint a solicitor on the Landmark Mortgages conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?
Landmark Mortgages do not ordinarily appoint a member of their approved list of lawyers to deal with such a matter. If they did require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Landmark Mortgages list
For 5 years I had a mortgage 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.
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