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Loughborough Building Society Conveyancing Lender Panel Compliance Tool

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Lexsure’s COMPLETIONmonitor is web-based pre- and post-completion checklist for residential conveyancing lawyers. It is supported by professional indemnity insurers. COMPLETIONmonitor is a unique risk mitigation tool.

This system facilitates the way you can prove to lender panels that you are, and can stay fully compliant with their requirements, with alerts on Loughborough Building Society’s changes. Even though utilising the software is not a condition for acceptance on the Loughborough Building Society panel, demonstrating you can stay up to date with Loughborough Building Society’s Handbook requirements is a helpful support to your application to their lender panel and, more importantly, safeguard your firm’s panel standing.

COMPLETIONmonitor creates real-time alerts, automatically produces regulatory and CQS reports, and will improve 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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Mortgage companies often vary their requirements. The BSA instructions from Loughborough Building Society 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 2010, Loughborough Building Society has made 59 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the BSA Requirements.
That equates to a section change every 46.3 days. In total, 40% of the sections of the BSA Requirements for Loughborough Building Society have been changed since 26/1/2010.

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Q and A’s regarding the Loughborough Building Society Solicitor Panel from members of the public

It has come to my attention via my financial adviser that my the law firm I have appointed is not on the Loughborough Building Society Solicitor panel. What can I do to be sure that this is correct?
You need to contact your lawyer directly. You lawyer should advise you what has happened. If they are not on the panel they may recommend you to a firm that is on the conveyancing panel for Loughborough Building Society.
Please assist. For no fault of my lawyer but, my purchase conveyancing has been going on for months. The Local Authority Search from Loughborough Building Society was issued random date and we have agreed a date for me to move into the property on Tues etc. My lawyer informs me that as she is on the Loughborough Building Society conveyancing panel she needs to redo the searches as they are no longer valid.
A precondition to being on the Loughborough Building Society approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook Part 2 obligations (last updated for this lender on Loughborough Building Society)which specifies that a local authority search be not more than half a year old. You should nevertheless ask your lawyer to check whether something called ‘search validation’ indemnity insurance is acceptable to Loughborough Building Society.
I am buying a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in Liverpool who is on the Loughborough Building Society conveyancing. Can you recommend a local solicitor?
Our service is a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Loughborough Building Society . We don’t recommend any particular firm.
My grandfather passed away 10 months ago and as sole heir and executor was left the property. The house had a relatively small loan remaining of approximately £4500. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Loughborough Building Society , pay off the mortgage etc. Is this possible?
If you intend to re-mortgage then Loughborough Building Society will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Loughborough Building Society 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 Loughborough Building Society 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 Loughborough Building Society mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
Is the case that all CQS (Conveyancing Quality Scheme) solicitors on the Loughborough Building Society conveyancing panel?
Some major banks and building societies now use the accreditation scheme as the starting point for Panel membership such as HSBC and Santander. The Law Society’s CQS accreditation however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. That being said,the CML have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for firms wishing to remain on their panels.
I have not been happy with the level or service received from my lawyer. Is there a Loughborough Building Society conveyancing panel complaints department or do I complain directly to the law firm?
Complaining to Loughborough Building Society about their conveyancing panel is unlikely to yield much of a response. Every solicitor firm 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 addressed 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.

Intending to buy a flat with a mortgage with Loughborough Building Society. I have received an online quote from a licensed conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Loughborough Building Society 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 Loughborough Building Society conveyancing panel

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