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Clydesdale Bank Conveyancing Lender Panel Compliance Tool

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COMPLETIONmonitor is web-based pre- and post-completion checklist for property lawyers. It is supported by professional indemnity insurers. It is a unique risk mitigation tool.

This software is the only way you can demonstrate to lender panels that you are, and can remain fully compliant with their instructions, with automatic updates on Clydesdale Bank’s changes. Notwithstanding that utilising COMPLETIONmonitor is not a condition for being on the Clydesdale Bank panel, demonstrating you can stay up to date with Clydesdale Bank’s Handbook requirements is an excellent support to your application to their lender panel and, more importantly, protect your panel standing.

COMPLETIONmonitor creates real-time alerts, automatically produces COLP and CQS reports, and will enhance your firm's efficiency. It is also user friendly, cost-effective and, for some firms, leads to a PII saving.

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Banks and building societies frequently change their requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements from Clydesdale Bank are not guidelines, they are instructions from a client. As with many clients, instructions can change - and they do change, frequently:

A Timeline of Policy Changes


Since 2008, Clydesdale Bank has made 733 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the UK Finance Handbook.
That equates to a section change every 3.7 days. In total, 53% of the sections of P2 of the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Clydesdale Bank have been changed since 15/12/2008.

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Frequently asked questions relating to the Clydesdale Bank Conveyancing Panel from members of the public

My mortgage broker has says he needs my law firm’s panel member for the Clydesdale Bank conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I discover this. I have called my local Clydesdale Bank branch but they cant find it on their system.
the sensible thing to do is ask for this information from your solicitor. They should have a central record lender panel numbers including the Clydesdale Bank panel reference.
My solicitor has spotted a difference when comparing the surveyor’s assumptions in Clydesdale Bank’s home valuation report and what is revealed within the title deeds. My solicitor says that as he is on the Clydesdale Bank conveyancing panel he is duty bound to ensure that the bank is happy with this discrepancy and is still content to lend. Is my lawyer’s course or action appropriate?
A precondition to being on the Clydesdale Bank approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Clydesdale Bank) which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.
Your search tool is useful but there are many lawyers listed near Hackney on the Clydesdale Bank conveyancing panel. It would be a lot more helpful if you could recommend a specific firm on the conveyancing panel for Clydesdale Bank ?
We are not in the business of recommending one firm above another as the right firm for you depends on where your priorities lie. For example you may require a local firm with local knowledge or you might be looking for the low cost conveyancing. We recommend that you speak to 3 or 4 lawyers listed before you make your choice..
The lawyers that I appointed last week on my purchase in Newcastle has without warning closed. I chose them because I needed a firm on the Clydesdale Bank conveyancing panel and my family lawyer was not. I gave them a cheque for £150 in advance. What should be my next steps?
If you have an estate agent involved then let them know straight away so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Clydesdale Bank conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers may be able to assist
I previously instructed online solicitors located in Bristol who are on the Clydesdale Bank solicitor panel. They have just invoiced me a separate fee of £195 for the legal aspects of the Clydesdale Bank mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by Clydesdale Bank?
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 Clydesdale Bank but by your lawyers. Some firms on the Clydesdale Bank will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.
I am buying a property where the roof has a solar panel. Clydesdale Bank have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?
Given that your lender is Clydesdale Bank your lawyer must to check the Clydesdale Bank conveyancing instructions contained in the Part of CML Handbook for Clydesdale Bank . The CML Handbook contains minimum requirements for solar panel roof-space leases, and solicitors are required to report to Clydesdale Bank where a lease does not meet these requirements. The requirements relate to the installation of panels on properties in England and Wales. The CML are developing guidance for Northern Ireland and Scotland.
We were going to get a DIP from Clydesdale Bank 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 Clydesdale Bank recommend a solicitor on the Clydesdale Bank 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 Clydesdale Bank conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and the Clydesdale Bank through the process.

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