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Common questions asked concerning the Mansfield Building Society Solicitor Panel
I am obtaining a mortgage offer from Mansfield Building Society. I would like to enlist the help of a Licensed Conveyancer. Does the Mansfield Building Society Conveyancing panel include Licensed Conveyancers
Mansfield Building Society’s approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders represented by the CML or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the CLC.
I am purchasing a newly constructed duplex and my lawyer is informing me that she is duty bound to reveal incentives from the developer as her firm is on the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel. The Estate Agents are hassling me to sign contracts and I would rather not delay the conveyancing. Can I insist on an exchange regardless of what my lawyer says about being on the Mansfield Building Society panel?
You should not exchange unless you have advised to do so by your lawyer. A precondition to being on the Mansfield Building Society approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Mansfield Building Society). The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
I see that you have a search directory listing law firms on the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for my own house purchase?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to the any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint.
I was supposed to move into my dream home last Thursday. My solicitor is on the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel but has moved offices 8 weeks ago and had not informed Mansfield Building Society of their new address. Mansfield Building Society is now refusing to release my funds until such time as their systems are up to date with the correct details.
This is a rare situation indeed. The majority of lender Terms of Conveyancing Panel Appointment specifically oblige the solicitor to inform the lender of an address change. Your solicitor needs to treat this with the utmost urgency. Do speak with or register your concern with the senior partner (assuming he or she is not your direct lawyer). Most lenders would be reasonable in this situation and expedite the resolution of this issue. It may be prudent to enlist the help of your local Mansfield Building Society branch or your mortgage broker to see if they can assist.
In what circumstances might Mansfield Building Society amend or withdraw their mortgage offer?
Lenders such as Mansfield Building Society can withdraw their mortgage offer although this rarely happens. In the unlikely event that Mansfield Building Society withdraw their offer they may or may not inform you or the lawyer as to the reasons why. There are many potential reasons but here are 5 examples:
- Mansfield Building Society may amend or withdraw an offer if the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel solicitor is unable to confirm compliance with any of the conditions of the mortgage offer or if any of the terms of the mortgage offer cannot be satisfied
- If the financial circumstances of the borrower have changed to the detriment and the Mansfield Building Society has been notified
- A cashback to the buyer, or | part of the price includes a non-cash incentive to the buyer (eg paid stamp duty land tax),or | any indirect incentive (cash or non cash) or rental guarantee, of which the lender was previously unaware
- Situations where information provided by the borrower that enabled the lender to make a lending decision is fraudulent, incorrect or misleading.
- If the lender reasonably suspects that the applicant, borrower, mortgagor or guarantor is involved in any criminal or fraudulent activity, including trading in illegal drugs or other substances, theft, robbery, deception or other serious offences, or if the applicant borrower, mortgagor or guarantor has a conviction for any serious criminal offence, including theft, deception, fraud, robbery or trade in illegal drugs or other substances;
I have a mortgage with Mansfield Building Society. Conveyancing has been completed 12 months ago. If I am intending to rent out my property and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a buy-to-let mortgage or inform Mansfield Building Society?
Mansfield Building Society must be informed of your intention before renting your property as this is likely to be a breach of Mansfield Building Society’s mortgage conditions. In many cases banks or building societies will permit you to let out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Mansfield Building Society directly. It should not be necessary to do this via a Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel firm.
I had an offer accepted on an apartment on the 20th January 2014, valuation was booked 2 days later, all came back fine. Property lawyer appointed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Mansfield Building Society and chasing them on my offer I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Mansfield Building Society to deal with your lawyers application to be on the Mansfield Building Society conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitors will be accepted.