COMPLETIONmonitor is web-based pre- and post-completion checklist for residential conveyancing lawyers. Supported by the CML and professional indemnity insures. COMPLETIONmonitor is a unique risk management tool.
This software assists the way you can demonstrate to lender panels that you are, and can remain fully compliant with their requirements, with automatic updates on LendInvest’s changes. Even though utilising COMPLETIONmonitor is not a condition for acceptance on the LendInvest panel, demonstrating you can stay up to date with LendInvest’s Handbook requirements is a helpful support to your panel application and, just as importantly, protect your panel standing.
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My fiance and I are FTBs. Within the 48 hours our lawyer has forwarded the sale agreement to sign with a detailed report in anticipation of exchanging contracts shortly. LendInvest have this morning contacted us to inform me that they have now hit a problem as our solicitor is not on their approved list of lawyers. Please explain?
When purchasing a property with the benefit of a mortgage it is usual for the purchaser's solicitors to also act for the purchaser's lender.
In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme.
Your property lawyers should contact LendInvest and see if they can apply for membership of the LendInvest conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable LendInvest will instruct their own solicitors to act. You don't have to instruct a firm on the LendInvest conveyancing panel and you may continue to use your own solicitors, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it will likely delay the transaction as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.
I am due to move into my new home next Friday. 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 LendInvest. What does the insurance need to cover?
All property lawyers on the LendInvest 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 LendInvest’s Part 2 requirements of the CML Handbook (last updated on LendInvest). Being on the LendInvest conveyancing panel your lawyer is expect to follow these instructions.
I require the services of a LendInvest panel solicitor in Belfast. Can you assist?
It is not clear why you need a LendInvest panel solicitor but in any event, if you can not find one on our search tool you will need to speak directly to LendInvest to find out which solicitors in LendInvest 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
My solicitors in London have advised me that no longer have my conveyancing file. At the time of my purchase I took out a mortgage with LendInvest. Is it case that being on the LendInvest conveyancing panel they need to have retained the file for a number of years?
Different lenders have different requirements but many of the Terms and Conditions of Conveyancing Panel Appointment require the file to be held for a period of 6 years. That being said we have not seen a copy of the LendInvest Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting LendInvest directly.
Is there a list of LendInvest panel conveyancers on the Building Society Association’s Website?
No. There is no such tool on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association websites. Very few lenders make their panel listings available online.
On the whole I have been dissatisfied with the level or service received from my lawyer. Is there a LendInvest conveyancing panel complaints department or do I complain directly to the law firm?
There is little point in complaining directly to LendInvest. All solicitors and conveyancer must have a complaints procedure. Usually one can find this information from the solicitor’s or conveyancer’s website or ask at their office. They must tell you about it if you ask.
The Legal Ombudsman will make sure that your complaint is properly dealt with by the solicitor. It can also advise you how to complain.
If a licensed conveyancer does not have a complaints procedure or will not tell you about it, contact the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), which will make sure that your complaint is properly dealt with by the conveyancer. Please see below for more information.
I was told three weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed
to by LendInvest. Is it usual for LendInvest to only issue the offer once my
solicitor is approved on their conveyancing panel?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for LendInvest to deal with your lawyers application to be on the LendInvest conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitors will be accepted.
