2006-11-21 02:52:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
There is some confusion here between British and American terminology.
In the UK a solicitor IS a qualified lawyer, we do not usually use the term "attorney". (The other type of lawyer in the UK is a barrister)
A mortgage solicitor would therefore be a qualified lawyer who specialises in mortgages. However, I've never heard the term before.
2006-11-21 03:14:38 · answer #1 · answered by fidget 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Anyone calling themselves a solicitor must be qualified and hold a current practicing certificate. A 'mortgage solicitor' will be a solicitor who gives advice on mortgages and probably on other financial and/or conveyancing matters as well. The law is vast and solicitors tend to focus on a limited number of areas in which they have built up a depth of knowledge. So, you will hear them described as a 'mortgage solicitor', or a 'human rights lawyer', or a 'corporate lawyer'. They have all undergone the same, or broadly the same, academic training but have developed specific areas of expertise through practicing in those areas.
The contradictions in the answers you have received may be due to different terminologies used on each side of the Atlantic. If you are in the UK then mortgage solicitors are definitely either lawyers or fraudsters pretending to be lawyers. If you're in the US then God only knows.
2006-11-21 03:11:42 · answer #2 · answered by PROBE70 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mortgage solicitor is not a qualified lawyer. Solicitor is not a good term to use because they really go out and bust their butts. They are out to get financing for their companies that they work for.
2006-11-21 03:03:38 · answer #3 · answered by Melissa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. A Solicitor I used to artwork for properly-known the seller of a house as a shopper. Then an afternoon later the customer approached a similar Solicitor, and became grew to develop into far flung from the business corporation (even although they'd acted for them on a distinct remember). it would were complicated protecting the paper artwork seperate and it would were a conflict of pastimes.
2016-11-29 08:19:55 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are talking about a solicitor who specialises in conveyancing - then they are not necessarily qualified lawyers. Some firms in the UK are made up of conveyancers who are overseen by a solicitor who is waulified in the buying and selling of property.
2006-11-21 07:00:24 · answer #5 · answered by akmg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. A mortgage solicitor is a loan broker, not an attorney. I suppose it is possible he does both but by definition he is not an attorney.
Here is some additional info. Hope this helps.
2006-11-21 02:55:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of one myself.
i do know that you can get "licenced conveyancors" now.
That means they're qualified to do the whole house sale / purchase thing that solicitors would normally do, but none of the other 'proper legal' stuff. (They're normally lots cheaper too.)
2006-11-21 02:55:43 · answer #7 · answered by le_coupe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they are
2006-11-21 04:50:55 · answer #8 · answered by pattibcacl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answer is in your question
2006-11-21 02:59:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes..........
2006-11-21 02:54:03 · answer #10 · answered by jitty 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋