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FAQs : The Tipton Coseley Building Society Solicitor Panel
My husband and I are FTBs. Within the 48 hours our solicitor has forwarded the sale agreement to sign with a detailed report in anticipation of exchanging contracts shortly. Tipton Coseley Building Society have this afternoon contacted us to inform me that they have now hit a problem as our solicitor is not on their conveyancing panel. Is this a problem?
If you are buying a property with the assistance of a mortgage it is usual for the purchaser's solicitors to also act for the purchaser's lender.
In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme. Your solicitors should contact Tipton Coseley Building Society and see if they can apply for membership of the Tipton Coseley Building Society conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable Tipton Coseley Building Society will instruct their own solicitors to act. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the Tipton Coseley Building Society conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred lawyers, in which case it will likely add costs, and it will likely delay the transaction as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.
Our solicitor has discovered a legal deficiency with the lease for the flat we are buying. The seller’s lawyers have suggested defective title insurance as a workaround. We are content with insurance and will cover the costs. Our lawyer has advised that as he is on the Tipton Coseley Building Society conveyancing panel he must check that the lender is happy with this solution. Are we the client or is Tipton Coseley Building Society?
The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the potential for a conflict of interest, you and Tipton Coseley Building Society are the client. A precondition to being on the Tipton Coseley Building Society approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Tipton Coseley Building Society). The CML Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects will the lease so that Tipton Coseley Building Society can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected . Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.
Are the lawyers identified as being on the Tipton Coseley Building Society conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by Tipton Coseley Building Society?
The firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Tipton Coseley Building Society conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Tipton Coseley Building Society directly.
My conveyancers in London have advised me that no longer have my conveyancing file. To assist with my purchase I took out a mortgage with Tipton Coseley Building Society. Is it case that being on the Tipton Coseley Building Society conveyancing panel they need to have retained the file for a number of years?
Different lenders have different requirements but many of the Terms and Conditions of Conveyancing Panel Appointment require the file to be held for a period of 6 years. That being said we have not seen a copy of the Tipton Coseley Building Society Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting Tipton Coseley Building Society directly.
Last month we had a mortgage agreed in principle with Tipton Coseley Building Society. Solicitors have been instructed? What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Tipton Coseley Building Society?
Some lenders take longer than others. Have Tipton Coseley Building Society done the survey? Have you advised Tipton Coseley Building Society as your lawyers details and checked that your lawyer is on the Tipton Coseley Building Society conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through
We expect to receive a DIP from Tipton Coseley 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 Tipton Coseley Building Society recommend a solicitor on the Tipton Coseley Building Society conveyancing panel, or is it better to find our own lawyer
You will need to appoint solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the Tipton Coseley Building Society conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and the Tipton Coseley Building Society through the process.
I have instructed a lawyer having made sure that they are on the Tipton Coseley Building Society conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
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Having digested plenty of house buying,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 Tipton Coseley Building Society conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. Is that normal?
Tipton Coseley Building Society will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Tipton Coseley 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 Tipton Coseley Building Society you could contact your them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors.