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How easy is it to change a solicitor as I need to find one who is on the Yorkshire Building Society conveyancing panel. How easy is it to change conveyancer?
If you haven't yet instructed a solicitor to do anything for you and have just received quotes, you're perfectly free to choose a different solicitor to carry out your work for you. The best way is to get recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the solicitor or conveyancer you're considering.
Expecting to move into my new home next Monday. I have now been asked to send a copy of my building insurance schedule by my solicitor as as he informs me that he is duty bound to validate that it is in order for Yorkshire Building Society. What does the insurance need to cover?
Any lawyer on the Yorkshire Building Society conveyancing panel would need to check that the following risks are covered fire; lightning; aircraft; explosion; earthquake; storm; flood; escape of water or oil; riot; malicious damage; theft or attempted theft; falling trees and branches and aerials; subsidence; heave;landslip;collision;accidental damage to underground services;professional fees, demolition and site clearance costs; and public liability to anyone else. There are some other issues such as the level of excess that are set out in Yorkshire Building Society’s Part 2 requirements of the CML Handbook (last updated on Yorkshire Building Society). Being on the Yorkshire Building Society conveyancing panel your lawyer is expect to follow these requirements.
Are there any apps to help search for a local solicitor on the Yorkshire Building Society conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to 20 kilometers to meet the conveyancer.
You can use 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 Yorkshire Building Society solicitor panel.
We're in Birmingham, First time buyers purchasing 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
When it comes to lenders such as Yorkshire Building Society do lawyers have to be pay a fee to be on the conveyancing panel?
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.
I have paid off my mortgage with Yorkshire Building Society. I assume I don't need a solicitor on the Yorkshire Building Society panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your Yorkshire Building Society mortgage they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Yorkshire Building Society mortgage from the register. Yorkshire Building Society,and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
but are not moving to another property
where the Yorkshire Building Society has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
the Yorkshire Building Society has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Yorkshire Building Society mortgage has been paid off.
After shopping around on the internet I have found a solicitor having made sure that they are on the Yorkshire Building Society conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?
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Having read lots 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 Yorkshire Building Society conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. is that correct?
Yorkshire Building Society will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire Building Society you could contact your them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors.