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Frequently asked questions relating to the Swansea Building Society Conveyancing Panel
I am hoping to receive a mortgage with Swansea Building Society. I hope to employ the services of a Licensed Conveyancer. Does the Swansea Building Society Solicitor panel allow for Licensed Conveyancers
Swansea Building Society’s conveyancing panel is, like many other lenders represented by the CML or BSA, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the CLC.
Our grandson is about to exchange on a house that has just been built with a mortgage from Swansea Building Society. 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 transaction. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Swansea Building Society conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when requested.
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 Swansea 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 have checked your search tool I can't find the lawyer I was hoping to instruct as being on the Swansea Building Society conveyancing panel. My lawyer has said that they are on the Swansea Building Society approved panel. How can I be sure given that they are not listed on your directory?
Not all firms are yet listed on our lender panel search tool which is still relatively new. Law firms are listing on a daily basis and it is probably the case that your lawyer is on the Swansea Building Society conveyancing lawyer and you should probably take them at their word. Please do feel free to suggest that they completing their listing on our site as it would only cost them £1 a month to list themselves as being on the Swansea Building Society solicitor panel.
We're in Wales, First time buyers buying with a mortgage (lender is Swansea Building Society , but our solicitor is on the Swansea Building Society conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the Swansea Building Society conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancer should guarantee a time-frame for your conveyancing due to third parties outside of our control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain
The for formalities of my purchase has taken place with a mortgage from Swansea Building Society. Conveyancing was satisfactory but I feel I should register my dissatisfaction about Swansea Building Society. Who do I contact should I wish to lodge a complaint?
All lenders have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the Swansea Building Society branches or the Customer Services Department at Swansea Building Society head office. We understand that complaints to Swansea Building Society are resolved very quickly. If you feel that the matter is not resolved you can write to the
Financial Ombudsman Service who will take matters further.
My offer was accepted on a property on the 7th January 2014, valuation was booked 3 days later, all came back fine. Conveyancer retained, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Swansea Building Society and chasing them on my offer I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Swansea Building Society conveyancing panel. Are Swansea Building Society entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Swansea Building Society to deal with your lawyers application to be on the Swansea Building Society conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitors will be accepted.
My ex -wife’s name is on the Swansea 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 Swansea Building Society mortgage in order to sell?
As regards the Swansea 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 Swansea 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.