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Examples of recent questions relating to the Earl Shilton Building Society Conveyancing Panel
I am getting a mortgage with Earl Shilton Building Society. I would like to instruct a Licensed Conveyancer. Does the Earl Shilton Building Society Solicitor panel exclude Licensed Conveyancers
Earl Shilton Building Society’s approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders associated to the CML or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
I am buying a new build apartment and my lawyer is advising me that she is duty bound to disclose incentives from the seller as her firm is on the Earl Shilton Building Society conveyancing panel. I am nearing the developer’s deadline to sign contracts and my preference is not to delay the conveyancing. 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 Earl Shilton Building Society approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Earl Shilton Building Society). The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
How do I find a local solicitor on the Earl Shilton Building Society conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to 10 miles to meet the conveyancer.
Feel free to make use of the find a conveyancing panel tool on this page. Please choose the lender and your location and you will see a number of lawyer located nearest you. Alternatively you can type in the name of your proposed law firm and see if they are listed as being on the Earl Shilton Building Society solicitor panel.
I am buying a terraced house and getting a mortgage with Earl Shilton Building Society. How practical is it for me to do the conveyancing?
Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing you will have to appoint a solicitor on the Earl Shilton Building Society conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to made in you doing to conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on the Earl Shilton Building Society conveyancing panel in your location.
Is it the case that all solicitors on the Earl Shilton Building Society conveyancing panel overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Earl Shilton Building Society 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).
Completion of my remortgage has taken place with a loan from Earl Shilton Building Society. Conveyancing was a necessary evil but I feel I should register my dissatisfaction about Earl Shilton Building Society. How does one go about formally complaining?
Almost all banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the Earl Shilton Building Society branches or the Customer Services Team at Earl Shilton Building Society head office. We understand that complaints to Earl Shilton Building Society are sorted out very quickly. If you feel that the matter is not resolved you can write to the
Financial Ombudsman Service with full details of your complaint.
My ex -wife’s name is on the Earl Shilton Building Society mortgage of my property but not on the land registry. The apartment was transferred to me on our divorce many years ago by way of a sealed court order. Does my ex still have a say on the sale even though the land registry showing the property in my name alone? Will I be required to take her name of the Earl Shilton Building Society mortgage in order to sell?
In terms of the Earl Shilton Building Society mortgage, it is unusual that your ex-wife’s name remains on the mortgage but not on the title. It is conceivable that this is an oversight on the part of your conveyancers to ensure that her name was removed or even an administrative error on the part of Earl Shilton Building Society in failing to update their data. In any event, it should cause difficulty providing her name no longer appears on the Land Registry title and you have a court order ordering that the property is transferred to you.