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Examples of recent questions relating to the Yorkshire Building Society Conveyancing Panel
I am obtaining a mortgage offer from Yorkshire Building Society. my intention is to use a Licensed Conveyancer. Does the Yorkshire Building Society Solicitor panel allow for conveyancers regulated by the CLC
Yorkshire Building Society’s approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders associated to the Council or Mortgage Lenders or BSA, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
We are due to exchange on the purchase a house but as a result of damage from the recent storms I have agreed compensation from the seller of £3k approx by way of a reduction in the price. This was going to be dealt with as part of the conveyancing process but my mortgage company Yorkshire Building Society will not agree to this. Why was Yorkshire Building Society even consulted?
Your lawyer being on the Yorkshire Building Society conveyancing panel is duty bound to inform Yorkshire Building Society of any changes to the purchase price. If you were to refuse your lawyers to disclose the reduction to Yorkshire Building Society then they would have to discontinue acting for you and Yorkshire Building Society.
I am purchasing a property and need a conveyancing solicitor in Manchester who is on the Yorkshire Building Society solicitor. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a solicitor?
Our service is a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Yorkshire Building Society . We don’t recommend any particular firm.
We're in Birmingham, First time buyers buying with a mortgage (lender is Yorkshire Building Society , but our lawyer is on the Yorkshire Building Society conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the Yorkshire 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
Can you point me to a directory of Yorkshire Building Society panel conveyancers on the Building Society Association’s Website?
No. There is no such tool on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association websites. Very few lenders make their panel listings available online.
Do conveyancing lawyers on the Yorkshire Building Society conveyancing panel work on a no move no charge basis?
On the whole there are no requirements by lenders for their firms to operate on a no-sale-no-fee basis. There a small number of lenders who operate a very restricted conveyancing panel managed by a third party company (often termed in the industry as a ‘gatekeeper’). That third party may impose certain conditions such as non-sale-no fee on the panel firms. If you require this as a condition of your conveyancing then you should check with the conveyancing firm that this is part of their service
We have a mortgage agreed in principle with Yorkshire Building Society. Solicitors have been chosen? How long does it take for Yorkshire Building Society to send the offer to our conveyancer
There is no definitive answer here. Have Yorkshire Building Society completed the valuation? Have you advised Yorkshire Building Society as your lawyers details and checked that your lawyer is on the Yorkshire Building Society conveyancing panel? sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued