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Market Harborough Building Society 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 professional indemnity insurers. It is a unique risk management tool.

This system is the only way you can demonstrate to lender panels that you are, and can remain fully compliant with their instructions, with notifications given on Market Harborough Building Society’s changes. Even though utilising the software is not a condition for acceptance on the Market Harborough Building Society panel, demonstrating you can stay up to date with Market Harborough Building Society’s Handbook requirements is an excellent support to your application to their lender panel and, just as importantly, protect your panel status.

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

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Mortgage companies often change their requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements from Market Harborough Building Society 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, Market Harborough Building Society has made 70 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the UK Finance Handbook.
That equates to a section change every 39.0 days. In total, 28% of the sections of P2 of the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Market Harborough Building Society have been changed since 15/12/2008.

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Market Harborough Building Society Conveyancing Panel Sample Enquires to our Call Center from members of the public

I would like to know the reason why all property lawyers are not on the Market Harborough Building Society Conveyancing panel?
Market Harborough Building Society and other mortgage companies normally restrict either the type or the number of conveyancing practices on their panel. Typical examples of such restriction(s) being that a firm must have two or more partners. In addition to restricting the type of firm, some have decided to limit the number of firms they use to represent them. You should note that Market Harborough Building Society have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any member of Market Harborough Building Society Conveyancer Panel. Mortgage fraud was a key driver in the rationalisation of conveyancing panels a few years ago and whilst there are differing views about the extent of solicitor involvement in some of that fraud. Statistics from the Land Registry reveal that thousands of law firms only carry out one or two conveyances a year. Those supporting conveyancing panel cuts ask why law firms should have the right to be on a Lender panel when clearly, Conveyancing is not their speciality? To put it another way; would you want a conveyancing solicitor to represent you if you were charged with a crime; probably not.
Please help. My lawyer is assuring me that he is legally obliged to apply for a Local Authority search stemming from the fact that the firm are on the Market Harborough Building Society solicitor panel. Is this really necessary?
Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. Given that you are taking out a loan with Market Harborough Building Society 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 Market Harborough Building Society’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook requirements last updated Market Harborough Building Society. even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out a local authority search.
I have checked your search tool I can't find the lawyer I was hoping to instruct as being on the Market Harborough Building Society conveyancing panel. My lawyer has said that they are on the Market Harborough Building Society 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 Market Harborough Building Society 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 Market Harborough Building Society solicitor panel.
I would like to get my ex-husband removed the mortgage deeds. Can Market Harborough Building Society really insist on which solicitor I can or can not instruct?
You can use any solicitor you like but Market Harborough Building Society 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 Market Harborough Building Society solicitors panel
I had instructed online conveyancers based in London who are on the Market Harborough Building Society solicitor panel. They have just invoiced me a separate fee of £135 for the legal aspects of the Market Harborough Building Society mortgage. Is this an additional conveyancing fee specified by Market Harborough Building Society?
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 Market Harborough Building Society but by your lawyers. Some firms on the Market Harborough Building Society will charge an ‘acting for lender’ fee and others do not.
Can I be sure that the solicitor on the Market Harborough Building Society panel is any good?
seeking recommendations is a good starting point. Before you go ahead check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more will often provide a better service than one which is cheap as chips. We would always suggest that you speak with the solicitor conducting your transaction
We are getting a further advance on our mortgage from Market Harborough Building Society as we wish to carry out a loft conversion to our home. Do we need to appoint a solicitor on the Market Harborough Building Society conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?
Market Harborough Building Society would not normally instruct firms on 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 Market Harborough Building Society panel

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