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Kent Reliance 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 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 stay fully compliant with their requirements, with notifications given on Kent Reliance’s changes. Even though using the software is not a condition for acceptance on the Kent Reliance panel, demonstrating you can remain up to date with Kent Reliance’s Handbook requirements is an excellent support to your application to their lender panel and, just as importantly, protect your firm’s panel standing.

The software creates real-time alerts, automatically produces SRA and CQS reports, and will increase your firm's efficiency. In addition it is user friendly, cost-effective and, for many firms, leads to a PII saving.

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Mortgage companies frequently change 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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Kent Reliance Solicitor Panel Sample Enquires to our Call Center from members of the public

I need to swap lawyers as my lawyer is not on the Kent Reliance panel of conveyancing solicitors. Is it practical to instruct different lawyers?
If you haven't yet instructed a solicitor to do anything for you and have just received quotes, you're perfectly free to choose a different solicitor to carry out your work for you. The best way is to get recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the solicitor or conveyancer you're considering.
I am due to complete my purchase next Monday. I have now been asked to send a copy of my building insurance schedule by my solicitor as as he informs me that he is duty bound to validate that it is in order for Kent Reliance. What does the insurance need to cover?
Any lawyer on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel would need to check that the following risks are covered fire; lightning; aircraft; explosion; earthquake; storm; flood; escape of water or oil; riot; malicious damage; theft or attempted theft; falling trees and branches and aerials; subsidence; heave;landslip;collision;accidental damage to underground services;professional fees, demolition and site clearance costs; and public liability to anyone else. There are some other issues such as the level of excess that are set out in Kent Reliance’s Part 2 requirements of the CML Handbook (last updated on Kent Reliance). Being on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel your lawyer is expect to follow these instructions.
I see that you have a post code search directory listing firms on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for my own conveyancing?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to the any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint.
I am trying to get my former partner removed the mortgage deeds. Can Kent Reliance really tell me which solicitor I can or can not instruct?
You can use any solicitor you like but Kent Reliance 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 Kent Reliance solicitors panel
We have a mortgage agreed in principle with Kent Reliance. Solicitors have been instructed? How long does it take for Kent Reliance to send the offer to our conveyancer
There is no definitive answer here. Have Kent Reliance completed the valuation? Have you advised Kent Reliance as your lawyers details and checked that your lawyer is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel? It is not unusual for a mortgage offer to take a month to come through
Intending to buy a house with a mortgage with Kent Reliance. I have received an online quote from a licensed conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.
They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that they are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel
My brother and I are remortgaging a flat in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon need to beappointed. My friendsuggested that we double-check that the property lawyer in Hendon is on the Kent Reliance list of approved conveyancing firms. Aren't all lawyers on the Kent Reliance panel?
Not all Hendon conveyancing firms are on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Use the above search tool to locate a Hendon conveyancing firm on the on the Kent Reliance panel.

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