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FAQs : The Whistletree Conveyancing Panel
My financial adviser has asked me for my solicitor’s panel member for the Whistletree conveyancing panel. How do I find this out. I have called my local Whistletree office but they don't know it.
You are best placed to get this information from your conveyancing lawyer. They should have a central record lender panel numbers including the Whistletree panel reference.
I do hope you can help me. My solicitor is assuring me that he is legally obliged to conduct a Local Authority search because the firm are on the Whistletree solicitor panel. Do I not have a choice here?
Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. Given that you are taking out a loan with Whistletree your lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of Whistletree’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook requirements last updated Whistletree. even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out a local authority search.
Are the lawyers identified as being on the Whistletree conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by Whistletree?
The firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Whistletree conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Whistletree directly.
My grandmother passed away last year and as sole heir and executor was left the house. The house had a relatively small loan remaining of approximately £4500. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Whistletree , pay off the mortgage etc. Is this possible?
If you intend to re-mortgage then Whistletree will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Whistletree 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 Whistletree 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 Whistletree mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
We have a mortgage agreed in principle with Whistletree. Solicitors have been appointed? How long does it take for Whistletree to send the offer to our conveyancer
There is no definitive answer here. Have Whistletree conducted the survey? Have you advised Whistletree as your lawyers details and checked that your lawyer is on the Whistletree conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through
I have paid off my mortgage with Whistletree. I assume I don't need a solicitor on the Whistletree panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your Whistletree 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 Whistletree mortgage from the register. Whistletree,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 Whistletree has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
the Whistletree has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Whistletree mortgage has been paid off.
My offer on house has been accepted, but there is a chain. The vendors have offered on somewhere, but not been accepted yet, and have viewings of other properties booked. My conveyancing solicitor has been instructed. What do I do now? At what point should I appy for the mortgage with Whistletree?
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 Whistletree 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 Whistletree 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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