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Newcastle Building Society 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. COMPLETIONmonitor is a unique risk mitigation tool.

This system optimises the way you can demonstrate to lender panels that you are, and can remain fully compliant with their requirements, with alerts on Newcastle Building Society’s changes. While utilising this technology is not a prerequisite for Newcastle Building Society , demonstrating you can remain up to date with Newcastle Building Society’s Handbook requirements is a helpful support to your panel application and, more importantly, safeguard your panel standing.

COMPLETIONmonitor creates real-time alerts, automatically produces COLP and CQS reports, and will improve your firm's efficiency. It is also user friendly, cost-effective and, for some firms, results in a PII saving.

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Banks and building societies frequently vary their requirements. The BSA instructions from Newcastle 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, Newcastle Building Society has made 175 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the BSA Requirements.
That equates to a section change every 15.6 days. In total, 43% of the sections of the BSA Requirements for Newcastle Building Society have been changed since 26/1/2010.

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FAQs : The Newcastle Building Society Solicitor Panel from members of the public

My financial adviser has informed me that I have to pay Newcastle Building Society fees should I instruct my family lawyer. How good are the Newcastle Building Society conveyancing panel solicitors? I dont care which law firm I use provided that they are good and reasonably priced. Would you recommend a specific law firm on the Newcastle Building Society panel?
Newcastle Building Society’s conveyancing panel is substantial so your best bet is just to check with the firms you are getting quotes from that they are on the panel. You can search by postcode on the search tool on this site to find solicitors that Newcastle Building Society will allow to act for them.
Much to my surprise my conveyancer has informed me that he requires ID documents asserting that this forms part of his legal duty as a solicitor on the Newcastle Building Society Conveyancing panel. This is news to me - can I refuse?
Due to Money Laundering Regulations your conveyancing lawyer is duty bound to confirm positively your identification when entering into a business relationship with you. It is a criminal offense if your lawyer not do this. If you do not provide ID early in the transaction the solicitor must refuse to act for you. It’s unlikely a lawyer will turn you away if you come to the first meeting without relevant ID but you will have to produce it at some point so you might as well bring it with you to the initial meeting so the lawyer can tick the ID verification box and start sorting out the conveyancing straight away. If you are getting a mortgage with Newcastle Building Society your lawyer also has to check ID documents to satisfy Newcastle Building Society
Do I need to pop into the offices of the Newcastle Building Society conveyancing panel solicitor to sign the mortgage deed? If so, I will instruct a firm who offer conveyancing in Newcastle so that I can pop in to their offices when needed.
As opposed to ten years ago, most lenders no longer require their conveyancing panel solicitor to witness the borrowers signature. You will still be obliged to provide ID Documents and there are still distinct advantages to using a local solicitor, in your case a conveyancing solicitor in Newcastle .
We're in Wales, First time buyers buying with a mortgage (lender is Newcastle Building Society , but our lawyer is on the Newcastle Building Society conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the Newcastle Building Society conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancer should guarantee a time-frame for your conveyancing due to third parties outside of our control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain
Is there a list of Newcastle Building Society panel solicitors on the CML Handbook 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.
I can not work out if my mortgage offer obliges me to make sure the lease term for the flat is extended prior to the completion date . I have called into my local branch Newcastle Building Society on various occasions and was told they are content with the situation and they would lend. My solicitor - who is on the Newcastle Building Society conveyancing panel- telephoned and was told not they would not lend in accordance with their CML Handbook minimum lease term requirements. I simply dont know who is right
As long as the conveyancer is on the Newcastle Building Society panel she or he must comply with the CML Handbook requirements for Newcastle Building Society. Unless your lawyer obtains specific confirmation in writing that Newcastle Building Society will go ahead your lawyer has no choice but to refrain from exchanging contract and committing you to the purchase. We would suggest that you ask Newcastle Building Society to contact your lawyer in writing confirming that they will accept the remaining number of years left on the lease.
Planning on purchasing a house with a mortgage with Newcastle 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 Newcastle 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 Newcastle Building Society conveyancing panel

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