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FAQs : The Hinckley and Rugby Solicitor Panel
I need to swap lawyers as my lawyer is not on the Hinckley and Rugby panel of conveyancing solicitors. 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.
Our god-son is in the process of securing a house that has just been built with a mortgage from Hinckley and Rugby. His lawyer has advised him of a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. Who needs to receive the form?
The form is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Hinckley and Rugby conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the surveyor when asked.
The Developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it.
The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Hinckley and Rugby conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
I am Googling for conveyancing quotes online. Can I be assured that all the firms that are identified on your site are on the Hinckley and Rugby conveyancing panel?
The law firms on our directory have advised us that they are on the Hinckley and Rugby panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the Hinckley and Rugby panel. To date we have not been informed by either a bank or a member of the public that the data about a specific firm being on the Hinckley and Rugby conveyancing panel is incorrect.
I am selling my house. Does my solicitor have to be on the Hinckley and Rugby conveyancing panel in order to deal with paying off my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Hinckley and Rugby 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.
Do the majority of banks operate their own panel of solicitors?
Many lenders do operate a restricted conveyancing panel but a lot of lenders allow any solicitors to join their panel so long as they meet their criteria. Each lender sets their own criteria. For example the Hinckley and Rugby conveyancing panel requirements are different to Hinckley and Rugby’s conveyancing panel criteria.
I have today made my last payment due on mortgage with Hinckley and Rugby. I assume I don't need a solicitor on the Hinckley and Rugby panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your Hinckley and Rugby 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 Hinckley and Rugby mortgage from the register. Hinckley and Rugby,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 Hinckley and Rugby has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
the Hinckley and Rugby has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Hinckley and Rugby mortgage has been paid off.
Intending to buy a house with a mortgage with Hinckley and Rugby. I have received an online quote from a licensed conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Hinckley and Rugby conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.
They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that they are on the Hinckley and Rugby conveyancing panel
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