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FAQs for the Stafford Railway Building Society Conveyancing Panel
My Conveyancer is not listed on the Stafford Railway Building Society Solicitor Panel. Can I still continue with my preferred solicitor notwithstanding that they are not on the Stafford Railway Building Society approved list?
You have a number of options available to you here:
- Carry on with your preferred lawyers but Stafford Railway Building Society will need to instruct a lawyer on the Stafford Railway 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 Stafford Railway Building Society conveyancing panel.
- Convince your lawyer to do everything within their powers to join the Stafford Railway Building Society conveyancing panel
My son-in-law is in the process of securing a newly built flat with a mortgage from Stafford Railway Building Society. His conveyancer has said that there is a delay in receiving the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. What is this document - I have never come across this before?
The document is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the transaction. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Stafford Railway Building Society conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer 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 Stafford Railway Building Society conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
I see that you have a search directory listing law firms on the Stafford Railway Building Society conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I appoint them for my conveyancing?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Stafford Railway Building Society conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to the any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint.
My grandfather passed away last year and as sole heir and executor was left the house. The house had a small mortgage left on it of around £8000. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Stafford Railway Building Society , pay off the mortgage etc. Is this possible?
If you intend to re-mortgage then Stafford Railway Building Society will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Stafford Railway Building Society conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Stafford Railway Building Society conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Stafford Railway Building Society mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
We were going to get a DIP from Stafford Railway Building Society this week so we know how much we could potentially offer as otherwise we only have online calculators to go by (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc).Do the Stafford Railway Building Society recommend a solicitor on the Stafford Railway Building Society conveyancing panel, or is it better to go independently
You will need to appoint solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the Stafford Railway Building Society conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and the Stafford Railway Building Society through the process.
After shopping around on the internet I have found a solicitor having checked that they are on the Stafford Railway Building Society conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
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I've read lots of mortgage guides,I note that they all recommend that you should get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my solicitor - who is on the Stafford Railway Building Society conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. is that correct?
Stafford Railway Building Society will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Stafford Railway 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 Stafford Railway Building Society you could contact your them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors.
We are are acquiring a garden flat in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon are preferred to beappointed. My friendrecommended that we enquire that the solicitor in Hendon is on the Stafford Railway Building Society list of approved conveyancing firms. Is this right?
Not all Hendon conveyancing firms are on the Stafford Railway Building Society conveyancing panel. 8 people a month use our search tool to find a Hendon conveyancing practitioner on the on the Stafford Railway Building Society approved list of lawyers.