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I am hoping to receive a mortgage offer from JPMorgan. I would like to retain the legal services of a Licensed Conveyancer. Does the JPMorgan Solicitor panel include Licensed Conveyancers
JPMorgan’s approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders represented by the Council or Mortgage Lenders or BSA, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
Much to my surprise my solicitor has informed me that he requires identification documents saying that this is part of his requirements as a conveyancer on the JPMorgan Solicitor panel. Is this right?
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 Terms and Conditions that you need to sign will no doubt confirm this. Your lawyer is right that JPMorgan 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 JPMorgan CML Handbook requirements last updated on JPMorgan
Are the lawyers identified as being on the JPMorgan conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by JPMorgan?
The law firm practices themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the JPMorgan conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from JPMorgan directly.
The lawyers that just started acting on my house acquisition in London has suddenly shut down. I only went with them because I had to have a firm on the JPMorgan conveyancing panel and my previous lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take £175 for searches. What are my options?
If you have an estate agent involved then let them know immediately so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the JPMorgan conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors may be able to assist
I can not work out if my mortgage offer requires a lease extension . I have called JPMorgan on various occasions and was told they are content with the situation and they would lend. My solicitor - who is on the JPMorgan conveyancing panel- telephoned and was told not they would not lend in accordance with their CML Handbook minimum lease term requirements. Who do I believe?
Your lawyer has to follow the CML Handbook Part 2 requirements for JPMorgan. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that JPMorgan will go ahead your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask JPMorgan to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the remaining number of years left on the lease.
I am selling my apartment. I had a double glazing fitted in month 7 but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My purchaser’s mortgage company, JPMorgan are being a right pain. The solicitor who is on the JPMorgan conveyancing panel is recommending indemnity insurance as a solution but JPMorgan are requiring a building regulation certificate. Why do JPMorgan have a conveyancing panel of they don’t accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that JPMorgan have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why JPMorgan may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing correctly and safely installed. It merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.
At last I have had an offer on an apartment accepted, the seller does however have a dependent purchase. The vendors have offered on somewhere, but not been accepted yet, and have viewings of other properties in the pipeline. My conveyancing solicitor has been instructed. What should be my next step? When should I get the mortgage app going with JPMorgan?
It is usual to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket too early (mortgage application is approx £1k, then survey/valuation, conveyancing search costs, etc). First you should check that your solicitor is on the JPMorgan conveyancing panel. As to the next stages this very much depends on the circumstances of your case, desire for this property and on the state of the market. In a hot mortgage some buyers would pally for the mortgage with JPMorgan and pay for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they pay their solicitor to press on with searches.
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