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Clydesdale Bank Conveyancing Panel Recently Asked Questions
The conveyancer I had intended to instruct on a purchase said she would charge more if my mortgage is with Clydesdale Bank because of their difficult processes! Am I likely to be frustrated using Clydesdale Bank? Is Clydesdale Bank conveyancing so much more difficult?
Clydesdale Bank conveyancing requirements for their panel are no better or no more complicated than most lenders.
It is the case now the CML Handbook, the "bible" used by solicitors to establish lender requirements, is different for each lender.
It is not clear if your lawyer is on the Clydesdale Bank conveyancing panel. If they are not, this does add further risk of delay as Clydesdale Bank will appoint their own solicitors to look after their interest.
Much to my surprise my conveyancing solicitor is asking me for proof of ID documents stating that this is part of his requirements as a conveyancer on the Clydesdale Bank Solicitor panel. Can you confirm whether this is the case?
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 Terms and Conditions that you need to sign will no doubt confirm this. Your lawyer is right that Clydesdale 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 Clydesdale Bank CML Handbook requirements last updated on Clydesdale Bank
Are there any apps to help find a local solicitor on the Clydesdale Bank conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to 20 miles to meet the solicitor.
Feel free to make use of the find a conveyancing panel tool on this page. 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 Clydesdale Bank solicitor panel.
We're in Birmingham, FTBs buying with a mortgage (lender is Clydesdale Bank , but our lawyer is on the Clydesdale Bank conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the Clydesdale Bank 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
When it comes to mortgage companies such as Clydesdale Bank do lawyers have to be pay a fee to be on the list of approved solicitors?
We are not aware of any lender fees to be on their panel although some do charge an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel application.
The for formalities of my remortgage has taken place with a mortgage from Clydesdale Bank. Conveyancing was a necessary evil but I would like to complain about Clydesdale Bank. How does one go about formally complaining?
All banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the Clydesdale Bank branches or the Customer Care Department at Clydesdale Bank head office. Ordinarily complaints to Clydesdale Bank are resolved very quickly. However if you are not satisfied that the matter is resolved you can write to the
Financial Ombudsman Service who will take matters further.
My ex -wife’s name is on the Clydesdale Bank mortgage of my property but not on the land registry. The apartment was transferred to me on our divorce many years ago by way of a sealed court order. Does my ex still have a say on the sale even though the land registry showing the property in my name alone? Will I be required to take her name of the Clydesdale Bank mortgage in order to sell?
In terms of the Clydesdale Bank mortgage, it is unusual that your ex-wife’s name remains on the mortgage but not on the title. It is conceivable that this is an oversight on the part of your conveyancers to ensure that her name was removed or even an administrative error on the part of Clydesdale Bank in failing to update their data. In any event, it should cause difficulty providing her name no longer appears on the Land Registry title and you have a court order ordering that the property is transferred to you.
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