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FAQs for the Birmingham Midshires Conveyancing Panel
My IFA has has requested my law firm’s panel reference for the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I obtain this. I have tried my local Birmingham Midshires branch but they don't know it.
the sensible thing to do is ask for this information from your solicitor. They should have a central record lender panel numbers including the Birmingham Midshires panel reference.
My conveyancer has identified an inconsistency when comparing the surveyor’s assumptions in Birmingham Midshires’s home valuation report and what is revealed within the conveyancing documents. My solicitor has advised that as he is on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel he is obliged to check that the lender is happy with this discrepancy and is content go ahead. Is my conveyancer’s approach correct?
A precondition to being on the Birmingham Midshires approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Birmingham Midshires) which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.
I require the services of a Birmingham Midshires panel solicitor in Belfast. Can you assist?
Unfortunately it’s not apparent why you need a Birmingham Midshires panel solicitor but in any event, if you can not find one on our search tool you will need to speak directly to Birmingham Midshires to find out which solicitors in Birmingham Midshires are on their panel. If you do find such a firm not listed please direct them to our site to list. After all the cost is only one £1 a month
We're in Wales, First timers buying with a mortgage (lender is Birmingham Midshires , but our lawyer is on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancer should guarantee a time-frame for your conveyancing due to third parties outside of our control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain
is it true that all solicitor practices on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?
As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel they would need to be regulated by the SRA. Many lenders do allow licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such firms would be regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers (CLC).
I recently had an offer accepted on an apartment. My mortgage broker suggested a solicitor I paid an upfront payment of 175. Soon after the conveyancers contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Birmingham Midshires 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 Birmingham Midshires 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.
Next month my fiance and I are acquiring a terraced house in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon are about to beinstructed. My friendrecommended that we make sure that the conveyancer in Hendon is on the Birmingham Midshires solicitors panel. Aren't all lawyers on the Birmingham Midshires panel?
Not all Hendon conveyancing practices are on the Birmingham Midshires conveyancing panel. 8 people a month use our search tool to find a Hendon conveyancing lawyer on the on the Birmingham Midshires panel.
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