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FAQs for the Aldermore Bank Conveyancing Panel
My IFA has says he needs my law firm’s panel reference for the Aldermore Bank conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I obtain this. I have e-mailed my local Aldermore Bank office but they have not got back to me yet.
Have you tried speaking to your lawyer about this?. They should have a central record lender panel numbers including the Aldermore Bank panel reference.
My wife and I changing mortgage lender for our maisonette with Aldermore Bank. We have a son 19 who lives with us. The solicitor on the Aldermore Bank conveyancing panel has asked us to disclose any adults other than ourselves who lives in the flat. The solicitor has now sent a form for our son to sign, giving up any rights in the event that the flat is repossessed. I have two questions (1) Is this form unique to the Aldermore Bank conveyancing panel as he never had to sign this form when we purchased 4 years ago (2) In signing this form is our son in any way compromising his right to inherit the property?
On the face of it your lawyer has done nothing wrong as it is established procedure for any occupier who is aged 17 or over to sign the necessary Consent Form, which is purely to state that any rights he has in the property are postponed and secondary to Aldermore Bank .This is solely used to protect the Aldermore Bank if the property were re-possessed so that in such circumstances, your son would be legally obliged to leave.
It does not impact your son’s right to inherit the apartment. Please note that if your son were to inherit and the mortgage in favour of Aldermore Bank had not been discharged, he would be liable to take over the loan or pay it off, but other than that, there is nothing stopping him from keeping the property in accordance with your will or the rules of intestacy.
How do I find a local solicitor on the Aldermore Bank conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to 10 miles to meet the solicitor.
Feel free to make use of the find a conveyancing panel tool on this website. Please choose the lender and your location and you will see a number of lawyer located nearest you. Alternatively you can type in the name of your proposed law firm and see if they are listed as being on the Aldermore Bank solicitor panel.
I am in the process of mortgaging my flat does my lawyer have to be on the Aldermore Bank Solicitor panel?
In theory, you could use a solicitor that is not on Aldermore Bank conveyancing panel, but Aldermore Bank would require one of their panel solicitors to be instructed to act in their interests, and you'd have to pay for this - so most people instruct a panel solicitor. It's also easier, as otherwise you'd have to deal with two solicitors for the same conveyancing matter.
Is the case that all CQS (Conveyancing Quality Scheme) solicitors on the Aldermore Bank conveyancing panel?
It is true that some lenders now use CQS as the starting point for Panel membership such as HSBC and Santander. CQS accreditation however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. That being said,the CML have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for firms wishing to remain on their approved list of conveyancing solicitors.
Can you point me to a directory of Aldermore Bank panel solicitors on the Council of Mortgage Lender’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.
My brother and I are buying a garden flat in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon are about to begiven the go-ahead. My friendsuggested that we double-check that the solicitor in Hendon is on the Aldermore Bank solicitors panel. Surely I don't need to do this, do I?
Not all Hendon conveyancing practices are on the Aldermore Bank conveyancing panel. 7 people a month use our search tool to find a Hendon conveyancing firm on the on the Aldermore Bank solicitors pane.
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