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Yorkshire Bank’s conveyancing panel is substantial so your best bet is just to check with the firms you are getting quotes from that they are on the panel. You can search by postcode on the search tool on this site to find solicitors that Yorkshire Bank will allow to act for them.

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 Yorkshire Bank 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 Yorkshire Bank CML Handbook requirements last updated on Yorkshire Bank

The law firms on our directory have advised us that they are on the Yorkshire Bank panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the Yorkshire Bank panel. To date we have not been informed by either a lender or a member of the public that the data about a specific firm being on the Yorkshire Bank conveyancing panel is not accurate.

Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing you will have to appoint a solicitor on the Yorkshire Bank conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to made in you doing to conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on the Yorkshire Bank conveyancing panel in your location.

Unfortunately, as long as it is in their Terms and Conditions or Quote then yes your solicitors can charge a fee for this. This fee is not set by Yorkshire Bank but by your lawyers. Some firms on the Yorkshire Bank will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.

Your original mortgage agreement with Yorkshire Bank will provide that you need their approval prior to letting out your property as this is likely to be a breach of Yorkshire Bank’s mortgage conditions. It may be that Yorkshire Bank will permit you to let out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Yorkshire Bank directly. You need not do this via a Yorkshire Bank conveyancing panel lawyer.

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