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Kent Reliance 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 software optimises the way you can prove to lender panels that you are, and can remain fully compliant with their instructions, with automatic updates on Kent Reliance’s changes. Even though using COMPLETIONmonitor is not a prerequisite for Kent Reliance , demonstrating you can remain up to date with Kent Reliance’s Handbook requirements is a helpful support to your application to their lender panel and, just as importantly, protect your firm’s panel status.

The system generates real-time alerts, automatically produces COLP and CQS reports, and will increase 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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Banks and building societies often vary their requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements from Kent Reliance 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, Kent Reliance has made 123 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the UK Finance Handbook.
That equates to a section change every 22.2 days. In total, 37% of the sections of P2 of the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Kent Reliance have been changed since 15/12/2008.

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FAQs : The Kent Reliance Solicitor Panel from members of the public

The lawyer my husband and I wanted to use for conveyancing on a purchase said she would charge more if my lender is due to their unusual legal requirements. Will I regret using Kent Reliance? Is Kent Reliance conveyancing so much more difficult?
Kent Reliance conveyancing requirements for their panel are no better or no more complicated than most lenders. It is the case now the CML Handbook, the "bible" used by solicitors to establish lender requirements, is different for each lender. It is not clear if your lawyer is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. If they are not, this does add further risk of delay as Kent Reliance will appoint their own solicitors to look after their interest.
We are due to exchange on the purchase a house but as a result of damage from the recent storms I have agreed compensation from the seller of £3k approx by way of a reduction in the price. This was going to be dealt with as part of the conveyancing process but my mortgage company Kent Reliance will not agree to this. Why was Kent Reliance even consulted?
Your lawyer being on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel is duty bound to inform Kent Reliance of any changes to the purchase price. If you were to refuse your lawyers to disclose the reduction to Kent Reliance then they would have to discontinue acting for you and Kent Reliance.
I have checked your search tool I can't find the lawyer I was hoping to instruct as being on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. My lawyer has said that they are on the Kent Reliance approved panel. How can I be sure given that they are not listed on your directory?
Not all firms are yet listed on our lender panel search tool which is still relatively new. Law firms are listing on a daily basis and it is probably the case that your lawyer is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing lawyer and you should probably take them at their word. Please do feel free to suggest that they completing their listing on our site as it would only cost them £1 a month to list themselves as being on the Kent Reliance solicitor panel.
My grandfather passed away 10 months ago and as sole heir and executor was left the house. The house had a relatively small loan remaining of approximately £8000. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Kent Reliance , pay off the mortgage etc. Is this possible?
If you intend to re-mortgage then Kent Reliance will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Kent Reliance conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Kent Reliance mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
I previously instructed online conveyancers located in Birmingham who are on the Kent Reliance solicitor panel. They are now charging me a separate fee of £150 for dealing with the Kent Reliance mortgage. Is this a supplemental conveyancing fee specified by Kent Reliance?
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 Kent Reliance but by your lawyers. Some firms on the Kent Reliance will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee but plenty of firms include it on their overall fee.
My fiance and I are spending time looking at flats and now considering a potential offer. Should I already have a conveyancer appointed at this stage? I will be getting a mortgage with Kent Reliance
It would be sensible to have your start your search soon rather than later. Once you decide who you want to use 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 Kent Reliance , ask your prospective lawyers check they are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.
After much negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their lawyers I paid an upfront payment of 200. Soon after the conveyancers contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Kent Reliance panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

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