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Hampden Conveyancing Lender Panel Compliance Tool

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

This system facilitates the way you can demonstrate to lender panels that you are, and can stay fully compliant with their requirements, with automatic updates on Hampden’s changes. Even though utilising the tool is not a condition for acceptance on the Hampden panel, demonstrating you can remain up to date with Hampden’s Handbook requirements is a helpful support to your application to their lender panel and, more importantly, protect your firm’s panel status.

The system generates real-time alerts, automatically produces COLP and CQS reports, and will improve your firm's efficiency. In addition it is user friendly, cost-effective and, for some firms, leads to reduced PII premiums.

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Lenders frequently vary their requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements from Hampden 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, Hampden has made 17 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the UK Finance Handbook.
That equates to a section change every 160.6 days. In total, 1% of the sections of P2 of the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Hampden have been changed since 15/12/2008.

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FAQs for the Hampden Solicitor Panel from members of the public

My financial adviser has informed me that I have to pay Hampden fees if I use my own solicitor. How good are the Hampden conveyancing panel solicitors? I'm happy to use any solicitor in the country TBH as long as they're good and reasonably priced. Would you recommend a specific law firm on the Hampden panel?
Hampden’s conveyancing panel is substantial so it would be advisable to check with the firms you are getting quotes from that they are on the panel. You can search by postcode on the search tool on this site to find solicitors that Hampden will allow to act for them.
can you help? My conveyancer is informing me me that she is duty-bound to order a Local Authority search because the firm are on the Hampden solicitor panel. Is this really necessary?
Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. As you are taking a mortgage with Hampden your lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of Hampden’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook requirements last updated Hampden. even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out a local authority search.
I need to find a Hampden panel solicitor in Belfast. Can you assist?
Unfortunately it’s not apparent why you need a Hampden panel solicitor but in any event, if you can not find one on our search tool you will need to speak directly to Hampden to find out which solicitors in Hampden are on their panel. If you do find such a firm not listed please direct them to our site to list. At a fee of one pound per month it is not expensive to register on the site
What happens if my solicitor is expelled from the Hampden Conveyancing panel prior to completion?
The first thing to point out is that, this is a very rare occurrence. In most cases even where a law firm is removed off of a panel the lender would allow the completion to go ahead as the lender would appreciate the difficulties that they would place you in if you have ti instruct a new solicitor days before completion. In a worst case scenario where the lender insists that you instruct a new firm then it is possible for a very good lawyer to expedite the conveyancing albeit that you may pay a significant premium for this. The analogous situation is where a buyer instructs a lawyer, exchanges contracts and the law firm is shut down by the regulator such as the SRA. Again, in this situation you can find lawyers who can troubleshoot their way to bring the conveyancing to a satisfactory conclusion - albeit at a cost.
My wife and I have arranged a further advance on our mortgage from Hampden as we wish to carry out a loft conversion to our home. Do we need to appoint a solicitor on the Hampden conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?
Hampden do not ordinarily appoint a member of 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 Hampden list
I was told three weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by Hampden. Is it usual for Hampden to only issue the offer once my solicitor is approved on their conveyancing panel?
A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Hampden to deal with your lawyers application to be on the Hampden conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitors will be accepted.
Sometime soon me and my wife are remortgaging a flat in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon need to begiven the go-ahead. My brother-in-lawadvised that we check that the property lawyer in Hendon is on the Hampden list of approved conveyancing firms. Is this right?
A limited percentage of Hendon conveyancing firms are on the Hampden conveyancing panel. 7 people a month use our search tool to search for a Hendon conveyancing lawyer on the on the Hampden list of approved conveyancing firms.

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