Platform Home Loans Conveyancing Panel Sample Enquires to our Call Center from members of the public
I need to swap lawyers as my lawyer is not on the Platform Home Loans panel of conveyancing solicitors. Is it advisable to appoint a new law firm?
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.
My nephew is buying a house that has just been built with a mortgage from Platform Home Loans. His solicitor has advised him of a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. This document is news to me - what is it and who needs sight of it?
The form is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the Platform Home Loans conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the valuer when requested.
The Developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it.
The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the Platform Home Loans conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.
I am looking for online conveyancing estimates. Can I be sure that all the law firms that are identified on your directory are on the Platform Home Loans conveyancing panel?
The law firms listed on our site have advised us that they are on the Platform Home Loans panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the Platform Home Loans panel. To date we have not been informed by either a bank or a member of the public that the data about a specific firm being on the Platform Home Loans conveyancing panel is not accurate.
I was scheduled to move into my first house two days ago. My solicitor is on the Platform Home Loans solicitors panel but has moved offices in the past couple of months and had not informed Platform Home Loans of their new address. Platform Home Loans is now refusing to release my funds until such time as their systems are up to date with the correct details.
This is as unusual as it is unlucky. 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 Platform Home Loans branch or your mortgage broker to see if they can help.
Do most lenders operate their own panel of solicitors?
Many lenders do operate a restricted conveyancing panel but a lot of lenders allow any solicitors to join their panel so long as they meet their criteria. Each lender sets their own criteria. For example the Platform Home Loans conveyancing panel requirements are different to Platform Home Loans’s conveyancing panel criteria.
We have agreed a price on a apartment I spoke to a conveyancer recommended by my uncle and he advised retaining a property lawyers approved by Platform Home Loans. The estate agent recommended two local firms so I asked Platform Home Loans if the 2 suggested solicitors are approved, which they are not. Platform Home Loans pointed out that either firm can fill out the appropriate forms to become approved. Do I (1) save myself the aggravation and use one of Platform Home Loans 's conveyancing panel solicitors (2) Use the local solicitor and accept there may be delays etc as they go through the approval process.
Ask Platform Home Loans for conveyancing panel firms in your area. Most banks have lawyers on their panel throughout the UK. You can also use our search tool at the top of this page to search for a lawyer on the Platform Home Loans conveyancing panel based on location. If you particularly like the sound of one of the local lawyers that you have spoken to ask them if they would go onto Platform Home Loans conveyancing panel as it may only take about 2-3 weeks. As long as they meet Platform Home Loans’s requirements it can be a very simple job for the solicitor. Other stuff will be going on in parallel (as you are at an early stage) so it may not delay matters.
Me and my partner are buying a house in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon will soon beappointed. My friendadvised that we check that the property lawyer in Hendon is on the Platform Home Loans list of approved conveyancing firms. Aren't all lawyers on the Platform Home Loans panel?
Far from all Hendon conveyancing practices are on the Platform Home Loans conveyancing panel. Use the above search tool to locate a Hendon conveyancing solicitor on the on the Platform Home Loans panel.