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The most common options here are as follows:

1. Carry on with your preferred lawyers but Ipswich Building Society will need to instruct a lawyer on the Ipswich Building Society conveyancing panel. This will result in additional cost and potential delay.
2. Get a new solicitor to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the Ipswich Building Society conveyancing panel.
3. Urge your lawyer to apply to join the Ipswich Building Society lender panel

Anti-terror and anti-money-laundering rules require solicitors and licensed conveyancers to verify the identity of the person or body they are dealing with before they can accept their conveyancing business. The Client Care letter that you need to sign will no doubt confirm this. Your lawyer is right that Ipswich Building Society also require certain documents to be viewed. If a you refuse to provide ID verification documents, your conveyancer would not be able to accept instructions from you. Your lawyer also has obligations to obtain certain documents in accordance with Ipswich Building Society CML Handbook requirements last updated on Ipswich Building Society

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Ipswich Building Society conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to the any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint.

There is nothing to stop you using your solicitor but Ipswich Building Society will insist on their interests being represented by a firm on their conveyancing panel. There is much more potential for delays and confusion with an additional lawyer added to the mix, and it will undoubtedly be more expensive too.

If you have finished paying off your Ipswich Building Society 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 Ipswich Building Society mortgage from the register. Ipswich Building Society,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 Ipswich Building Society has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and the Ipswich Building Society has instructed the Land Registry to do so The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Ipswich Building Society mortgage has been paid off.

Ipswich Building Society will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Ipswich 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. or 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 Ipswich Building Society you could contact your them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors.

A limited percentage of Hendon conveyancing firms are on the Ipswich Building Society conveyancing panel. 7 people a month use our search tool to search for a Hendon conveyancing lawyer on the on the Ipswich Building Society panel.