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

This software optimises the way you can prove to lender panels that you are, and can remain fully compliant with their requirements, with alerts on Foundation Home loans’s changes. Notwithstanding that utilising this technology is not a condition for acceptance on the Foundation Home loans panel, demonstrating you can remain up to date with Foundation Home loans’s Handbook requirements is an excellent support to your application to their lender panel and, more importantly, safeguard your firm’s 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 many firms, leads to a PII saving.

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Lenders often change their requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements from Foundation Home loans 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 2008, Foundation Home loans has made 228 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the UK Finance Handbook.
That equates to a section change every 12.0 days. In total, 52% of the sections of P2 of the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Foundation Home loans have been changed since 15/12/2008.

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Foundation Home loans Solicitor Panel Recently Asked Questions from members of the public

I instructed a law firm to conveyancing on my remortgage 4 weeks ago having applied for a mortgage with Foundation Home loans. The solicitors reassured me that they are on Foundation Home loans conveyancing panel and gave me their panel number. Foundation Home loans then called me to say that their panel number was dormant and would need to be reactivated. What happens next? Do I instruct a different law firm listed on the conveyancing panel for Foundation Home loans?
You may be very frustrated with the lawyer but if it only go take a few more days they it may be worth waiting as, depending on how far progressed you are you may end up delaying the transaction by a number of weeks if you need to replace your solicitor You may wish to enlist the help of your broker to check with the Foundation Home loans as to the time frame to get your lawyer reinstated on the panel once again.
I am buying a newly built apartment and my lawyer is telling me that she is duty bound to disclose incentives from the seller as her practice is on the Foundation Home loans conveyancing panel. The Estate Agents are hassling me to exchange contracts and my preference is not to prolong deal. Is my lawyer right?
You should not exchange unless you have advised to do so by your lawyer. A precondition to being on the Foundation Home loans approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Foundation Home loans). The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
Is it necessary during the course of the conveyancing process to visit the offices of the Foundation Home loans conveyancing panel solicitor to sign the legal charge? If so, I will appoint a lawyer who conducts conveyancing in London so that I can attend their offices if necessary.
Whereas this was necessary 12 years ago, most lenders no longer require their conveyancing panel solicitor to witness the borrowers signature. You will still be obliged to provide ID Documents and there are still distinct advantages to using a local solicitor, in your case a conveyancing solicitor in London .
I would like to get my ex-wife removed the mortgage deeds. Can Foundation Home loans really insist on which solicitor I can or can not retain?
You can use any solicitor you like but Foundation Home loans then has the right to appoint a different solicitor to act for them at your expense. It might be more cost effective and quicker to instruct a lawyer who is on the Foundation Home loans solicitors panel
How can we tell if a solicitor on the Foundation Home loans panel is any good?
Getting recommendations is a good starting point. Before you go ahead check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more will often provide a better service than one which is cheap as chips. We would always advocate that you speak with the lawyer handling your conveyancing
We expect to receive a DIP from Foundation Home loans 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 Foundation Home loans recommend a solicitor on the Foundation Home loans conveyancing panel, or is it better to go independently
You will need to appoint solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the Foundation Home loans conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and the Foundation Home loans through the process.
It is not clear whether my mortgage offer obliges me to make sure the lease term for the flat is extended prior to the completion date . I have called Foundation Home loans on various occasions and was told they are content with the situation and they would lend. My solicitor - who is on the Foundation Home loans conveyancing panel- telephoned and was told not they would not lend in accordance with their CML Handbook minimum lease term requirements. I simply dont know who is right
As long as the conveyancer is on the Foundation Home loans panel she or he must comply with the CML Handbook requirements for Foundation Home loans. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that Foundation Home loans will go ahead your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask Foundation Home loans to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the remaining number of years left on the lease.

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