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Halifax Loans 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 system optimises the way you can demonstrate to lender panels that you are, and can stay fully compliant with their instructions, with automatic updates on Halifax Loans’s changes. While using this technology is not a prerequisite for Halifax Loans , demonstrating you can remain up to date with Halifax Loans’s Handbook requirements is a helpful support to your panel application and, more importantly, protect your panel status.

The software generates real-time alerts, automatically produces regulatory and CQS reports, and will increase your firm's efficiency. In addition it is simply to use, cost-effective and, for many firms, results in reduced PII premiums.

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Lenders often change their requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements from Halifax Loans 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, Halifax Loans has made 181 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the UK Finance Handbook.
That equates to a section change every 15.1 days. In total, 21% of the sections of P2 of the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Halifax Loans have been changed since 15/12/2008.

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Examples of recent questions relating to the Halifax Conveyancing Panel from members of the public

Can you please explain the reason why all property lawyers are not on the Halifax Conveyancing panel?
Mortgage companies point to the fact that solicitor-led fraud is thought to be responsible for millions of pounds of fraud every year. The removal of law firms off of lender panels started with the rise in mortgage fraud, which prompted a thematic review by the Financial Services Authority in 2011. Its outcome included recommendations for lenders to review their conveyancing panels, which kicked off a major policy change in the sector. It led to banks and building societies purging less reputable firms off their books
My conveyancer has uncovered a discrepancy when comparing the assumptions in Halifax’s home valuation report and what is in the conveyancing documents. My lawyer has advised that as he is on the Halifax conveyancing panel he needs to ensure that the bank is OK with this discrepancy and is content go ahead. Is my solicitor’s stance appropriate?
A precondition to being on the Halifax approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Halifax) 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.
I am planning to acquire a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in London who is on the Halifax conveyancing. Can you recommend a local firm?
Our service is a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Halifax . We don’t recommend any particular firm.
We're in Birmingham, First timers buying with a mortgage (lender is Halifax , but our lawyer is on the Halifax conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the Halifax conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancer should guarantee a time-frame for your conveyancing due to third parties outside of our control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain
Two weeks ago we had a mortgage agreed in principle with Halifax. Solicitors have been appointed? How long does it take for Halifax to send the offer to our conveyancer
Some lenders take longer than others. Have Halifax completed the survey? Have you advised Halifax as your lawyers details and checked that your lawyer is on the Halifax conveyancing panel? sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued
We have agreed a price on a house I spoke to a conveyancer previously used by my dad and he advised retaining a law firm approved by Halifax. The estate agent recommended two local firms so I asked Halifax if the 2 suggested solicitors are approved, which they are not. Halifax suggested that either firm can fill out the appropriate forms to become approved. Do I (1) save myself the aggravation and use one of Halifax 's conveyancing panel solicitors (2) Use the local solicitor and accept there may be delays etc as they go through the approval process.
Ask Halifax for conveyancing panel firms in your area. Most banks have lawyers on their panel throughout the UK. You can also use our search tool at the top of this page to search for a lawyer on the Halifax conveyancing panel based on location. If you particularly like the sound of one of the local lawyers that you have spoken to ask them if they would go onto Halifax conveyancing panel as it may only take about 2-3 weeks. As long as they meet Halifax’s requirements it can be a very simple job for the solicitor. Other stuff will be going on in parallel (as you are at an early stage) so it may not delay matters.
My husband and I are at the point of looking at apartments and now considering a potential offer. Is it premature to have a solicitor in place? I intend to finance via a mortgage with Halifax
You should start obtaining conveyancing quotes from solicitors ASAP. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their details on the the estate agent. As you are getting a mortgage with Halifax , make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Halifax conveyancing panel.

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