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Q and A’s regarding the MBS Lending Ltd Conveyancing Panel
Can you please explain the reason why all solicitors aren't included on the MBS Lending Ltd Conveyancing panel?
Even though it may seem unfair for MBS Lending Ltd to restrict who can act for them from the public’s or solicitor’s point of view, the other side of the coin is that the lenders are becoming ever more anxious and feel the necessary need to protect them from mortgage fraud and other illegal activities. As a result of this concern MBS Lending Ltd are limiting their conveyancing panel to a size that they are happy to control. The MBS Lending Ltd solicitor panel is not the most difficult to join
We are due to exchange on the purchase a house but as a result of damage from the recent storms I have agreed compensation from the seller of £3k approx by way of a reduction in the price. This was going to be dealt with as part of the conveyancing process but my mortgage company MBS Lending Ltd will not agree to this. Why was MBS Lending Ltd even consulted?
Your lawyer being on the MBS Lending Ltd conveyancing panel is duty bound to inform MBS Lending Ltd of any changes to the purchase price. If you were to refuse your lawyers to disclose the reduction to MBS Lending Ltd then they would have to discontinue acting for you and MBS Lending Ltd.
Is it necessary during the course of the conveyancing process to attend the offices of the MBS Lending Ltd conveyancing panel solicitor to execute the mortgage deed? If so, I will instruct a firm who offer conveyancing in Newcastle
so that I can attend their offices if necessary.
As opposed to 15 years ago, most lenders no longer require their conveyancing panel solicitor to witness the borrowers signature. You will still be obliged to provide ID Documents and there are still distinct advantages to using a local solicitor, in your case a conveyancing solicitor in Newcastle
.
My grandmother passed away last year and as sole heir and executor was left the property. The house had a small mortgage left on it of around £8000. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to MBS Lending Ltd , pay off the mortgage etc. Is this allowed?
If you intend to re-mortgage then MBS Lending Ltd will insist on your using a conveyancer on the MBS Lending Ltd conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your MBS Lending Ltd conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the MBS Lending Ltd mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
Last month we had a mortgage agreed in principle with MBS Lending Ltd. Solicitors have been instructed? What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from MBS Lending Ltd?
Some lenders take longer than others. Have MBS Lending Ltd done the valuation? Have you advised MBS Lending Ltd as your lawyers details and checked that your lawyer is on the MBS Lending Ltd conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through
I have not been happy with the level or service received from my lawyer. Is there a MBS Lending Ltd conveyancing panel complaints department or do I complain directly to the law firm?
There is little point in complaining directly to MBS Lending Ltd. All solicitors and conveyancer must have a complaints procedure. You can get information from the solicitor’s or conveyancer’s website or ask at their office. They must tell you about it if you ask.
The Legal Ombudsman will make sure that your complaint is addressed by the solicitor. It can also advise you how to complain.
If a licensed conveyancer does not have a complaints procedure or will not tell you about it, contact the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), which will make sure that your complaint is properly dealt with by the conveyancer. Please see below for more information.
At last I have had an offer on an apartment accepted, but there is a chain. The vendors have offered on somewhere, but not been accepted yet, and have viewings of other properties in the pipeline. My conveyancing solicitor has been instructed. What should be my next step? When should I get the mortgage app going with MBS Lending Ltd?
It is usual to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket too early (mortgage application is approx £1k, then survey/valuation, conveyancing search costs, etc). First you should check that your solicitor is on the MBS Lending Ltd conveyancing panel. As to the next stages this very much depends on the circumstances of your case, desire for this property and on the state of the market. In a hot mortgage some buyers would pally for the mortgage with MBS Lending Ltd and pay for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they pay their solicitor to press on with searches.