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Lexsure’s COMPLETIONmonitor is web-based pre- and post-completion checklist for property lawyers. It is supported by PI insurers such as AmTrust. It is a unique risk mitigation tool.

This system assists the way you can demonstrate to lender panels that you are, and can remain fully compliant with their instructions, with notifications given on Astra Mortgages’s changes. While using the software is not a prerequisite for Astra Mortgages , demonstrating you can remain up to date with Astra Mortgages’s Handbook requirements is a helpful support to your application to their lender panel and, just as importantly, protect your firm’s panel standing.

The software creates real-time alerts, automatically produces SRA and CQS reports, and will enhance your firm's efficiency. It is also simply to use, cost-effective and, for some firms, results in reduced PII premiums.

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Banks and building societies often vary their requirements. The BSA instructions from Astra Mortgages are not guidelines, they are instructions from a client. As with many clients, instructions can change - and they do change, over time:

A Timeline of Policy Changes


Since 2010, Astra Mortgages has made 61 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the BSA Requirements.
That equates to a section change every 44.8 days. In total, 49% of the sections of the BSA Requirements for Astra Mortgages have been changed since 26/1/2010.

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ASTRA mortgages Conveyancing Panel Example Support Desk Enquires from members of the public

How easy is it to change a solicitor as I need to find one who is on the ASTRA mortgages conveyancing panel. 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.
Please assist. For no fault of my lawyer but, the conveyancing for my house purchase has been going on for months. The Local Authority Search from ASTRA mortgages was dated random date and we have agreed a date for me to move into the property on 10 days inc Day of week eg. Mon. My lawyer informs me that as she is on the ASTRA mortgages conveyancing panel she needs to reorder the searches as they are no longer valid.
A precondition to being on the ASTRA mortgages approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on ASTRA mortgages)which specifies that a local authority search be not more than 6 months old. You should nevertheless ask your lawyer to check whether something called ‘search validation’ indemnity insurance is acceptable to ASTRA mortgages.
Do all mortgage companies provide you with an approved list of solicitors? How do you know who is on the ASTRA mortgages conveyancing panel?
The firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the ASTRA mortgages conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from ASTRA mortgages directly.
I was expecting to move into my flat last Thursday. My solicitor is on the ASTRA mortgages solicitors panel but has changed address 8 weeks ago and had not informed ASTRA mortgages of their new address. ASTRA mortgages is now refusing to release my funds as the information from the solicitors isn't correct.
This is as unusual as it is unlucky. Most 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 ASTRA mortgages branch or your mortgage broker to see if they can assist.
I had instructed online solicitors based in Manchester who are on the ASTRA mortgages solicitor panel. They have just invoiced me a separate fee of £195 for the legal aspects of the ASTRA mortgages mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee specified by ASTRA mortgages?
Unfortunately, as long as it is in their Terms and Conditions or Quote then yes your solicitors can charge a fee for this. This fee is not set by ASTRA mortgages but by your lawyers. Some firms on the ASTRA mortgages will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee but plenty of firms include it on their overall fee.
We expect to receive a DIP from ASTRA mortgages this week so we can work out what to offer on a property we like as otherwise we are dependent on web based calculators (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc).Do the ASTRA mortgages recommend a solicitor on the ASTRA mortgages conveyancing panel, or is it better to find our own lawyer
You will need to appoint solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the ASTRA mortgages conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and the ASTRA mortgages through the process.
My ex -wife’s name is on the ASTRA mortgages mortgage of my property but not on the land registry. The apartment was transferred to me on our divorce many years ago by way of a sealed court order. Does my ex still have a say on the sale even though the land registry showing the property in my name alone? Will I be required to take her name of the ASTRA mortgages mortgage in order to sell?
In terms of the ASTRA mortgages mortgage, it is unusual that your ex-wife’s name remains on the mortgage but not on the title. It is conceivable that this is an oversight on the part of your conveyancers to ensure that her name was removed or even an administrative error on the part of ASTRA mortgages in failing to update their data. In any event, it should cause difficulty providing her name no longer appears on the Land Registry title and you have a court order ordering that the property is transferred to you.

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