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FAQs : The Dudley Building Society Conveyancing Panel
My lawyer is not on the Dudley Building Society Solicitor Panel. Can I still continue with my family solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the Dudley Building Society panel of approved conveyancing solicitors?
The most common options here are as follows:
- Complete the purchase with your preferred solicitors but Dudley Building Society will need to instruct a lawyer on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel. This will result in additional cost and potential delay.
- Get a new solicitor to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel.
- Urge your lawyer to apply to join the Dudley Building Society lender panel
My solicitor has uncovered a difference between the information in Dudley Building Society’s home valuation report and what is revealed within the legal papers for the property. My solicitor says that as he is on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel he must ensure that the bank is with this discrepancy and is content go ahead. Is my lawyer’s approach right?
A precondition to being on the Dudley Building Society approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Dudley Building Society) 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 you.
I am looking to buy a flat and need a conveyancing solicitor in Manchester who is on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing. Can you recommend a local conveyancing firm?
Our service is a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Dudley Building Society . We don’t recommend any particular firm.
I am selling my house. Does my solicitor have to be on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel in order to deal with paying off my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. it might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their requirements fairly frequently at the moment.
After much negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment. My financial adviser recommended their conveyancers I paid an upfront payment of 175. Soon after the conveyancers contacted me to say that they were not on the Dudley Building Society 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 Dudley Building Society 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 have instructed a lawyer having checked that they are on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
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Having digested plenty of house buying,I note that it is considered advisable to get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my solicitor - who is on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. is that correct?
Dudley Building Society will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Dudley Building Society will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey.
You may wish to consider appointing your own surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.
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Your lawyer will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Dudley Building Society you could contact your them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors.
My husband and I are taking a long lease of a house in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon are about to begiven the go-ahead. My brother-in-lawsuggested that we check that the solicitor in Hendon is on the Dudley Building Society panel. Is this right?
A limited percentage of Hendon conveyancing firms are on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel. 8 people a month use our search tool to search for a Hendon conveyancing practitioner on the on the Dudley Building Society panel.