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Cambridge Building Society Conveyancing Lender Panel Compliance Tool

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Lexsure’s COMPLETIONmonitor is an online pre- and post-completion checklist for residential conveyancing lawyers. It is supported by PI insurers such as AmTrust. It is a unique risk management tool.

This system assists the way you can prove to lender panels that you are, and can stay fully compliant with their instructions, with notifications given on Cambridge Building Society’s changes. While using this technology is not a prerequisite for Cambridge Building Society , demonstrating you can remain up to date with Cambridge Building Society’s Handbook requirements is a helpful support to your application to their lender panel and, just as importantly, protect your firm’s panel status.

COMPLETIONmonitor creates real-time alerts, automatically produces regulatory and CQS reports, and will improve your firm's efficiency. It is also simply to use, cost-effective and, for many firms, results in a PII saving.

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Lenders often change their requirements. The BSA instructions from Cambridge Building Society 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, Cambridge Building Society has made 75 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the BSA Requirements.
That equates to a section change every 36.4 days. In total, 50% of the sections of the BSA Requirements for Cambridge Building Society have been changed since 26/1/2010.

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Cambridge Building Society Conveyancing Panel : Questions and Answers from members of the public

My financial adviser has informed me that I have to pay Cambridge Building Society fees should I instruct my family lawyer. How efficient are the Cambridge Building Society conveyancing panel solicitors? I dont care which law firm I use provided that they are good and reasonably priced. Would you recommend a specific law firm on the Cambridge Building Society panel?
Cambridge Building Society’s conveyancing panel is substantial so it would be advisable to check with the firms you are getting quotes from whether they are on it. You can search by postcode on the search tool on this site to find solicitors that Cambridge Building Society will allow to act for them.
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 Cambridge Building Society was issued 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 solicitor says that as she is on the Cambridge Building Society conveyancing panel she needs to redo the searches as they are now out of date.
A precondition to being on the Cambridge Building Society approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Cambridge Building Society)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 Cambridge Building Society.
Do all the firms listed on your search have online case tracking as I was under the impression that this was a precondition of being on the Cambridge Building Society solicitor panel?
The Council of Mortgage Lenders or BSA do not require online case tracking. Some law firms operate such technology and some don't.
I was due to move into my flat last Friday. My solicitor is on the Cambridge Building Society conveyancing panel but has moved offices 8 weeks ago and had not advised Cambridge Building Society of their new address. Cambridge Building Society 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 Cambridge Building Society branch or your mortgage broker to see if they can assist.
My wife and I have arranged a further advance on our mortgage from Cambridge Building Society as we wish to carry out a loft conversion to our home. Do we need to appoint a solicitor on the Cambridge Building Society conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?
Cambridge Building Society do not ordinarily appoint firms on their approved list of lawyers to deal with such a matter. If they did require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Cambridge Building Society panel
Completion of my purchase has taken place with a mortgage from Cambridge Building Society. Conveyancing was a necessary evil but I would like to complain about Cambridge Building Society. Who do I contact should I wish to lodge a complaint?
All banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the Cambridge Building Society branches or the Customer Care Department at Cambridge Building Society head office. Ordinarily complaints to Cambridge Building Society are sorted out very quickly. However if you are not satisfied that the matter is resolved you can write to the Financial Ombudsman Service at South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR with full details of your complaint.
I am selling my house. I had a double glazing fitted in month 6 but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's lender, Cambridge Building Society are being pedantic. The solicitor who is on the Cambridge Building Society conveyancing panel is happy to accept ‘lack of building regulation’ insurance but Cambridge Building Society are insisting on a building regulation certificate. Why do Cambridge Building Society have a conveyancing panel of they don’t accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that Cambridge Building Society have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Cambridge Building Society may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing correctly and safely installed. It merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.

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