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Progressive BS Conveyancing Lender Panel Compliance Tool

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Lexsure’s COMPLETIONmonitor is an online 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 system facilitates the way you can prove to lender panels that you are, and can stay fully compliant with their instructions, with alerts on Progressive BS’s changes. Notwithstanding that utilising the tool is not a condition for acceptance on the Progressive BS panel, demonstrating you can remain up to date with Progressive BS’s Handbook requirements is a helpful support to your panel application and, just as importantly, protect your firm’s panel standing.

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

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Banks and building societies frequently change their requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements from Progressive BS 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, Progressive BS has made 108 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the UK Finance Handbook.
That equates to a section change every 25.3 days. In total, 58% of the sections of P2 of the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Progressive BS have been changed since 15/12/2008.

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FAQs : The Progressive BS Solicitor Panel from members of the public

How easy is it to change a solicitor as I need to find one who is on the Progressive BS conveyancing panel. Is it advisable to appoint a new law firm?
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.
can you help? My lawyer is advising me that he is legally obliged to apply for a Local Authority search as the firm are on the Progressive BS conveyancing panel. Is this really necessary?
You have limited options available to you. Given that you are taking out a loan with Progressive BS 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 Progressive BS’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook requirements last updated Progressive BS. even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out a local authority search.
I am buying a flat and need a conveyancing solicitor in Manchester who is on the Progressive BS approved. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a firm?
Our service is a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Progressive BS . We don’t recommend any particular firm.
The solicitors that I recently instructed on my purchase in Newcastle has suddenly closed. They were on acting for me because I had to have a solicitor on the Progressive BS conveyancing panel and my previous lawyer was not. I gave them a cheque for £150 in advance. What should be my next steps?
If you have an estate agent involved then inform them immediately so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Progressive BS conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new lawyers may be able to assist
Are all Conveyancing Quality Solicitors on the Progressive BS conveyancing panel?
A selection of banks and building societies now use the accreditation scheme as the starting point for Panel approval such as HSBC and Santander. CQS membership however gives 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 join their panels.
Is it the case that all solicitors on the Progressive BS conveyancing panel regulated by the SRA?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Progressive BS conveyancing panel they would need to be regulated by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. Many lenders do allow licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such firms would be regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers (CLC).
Last month we had a mortgage agreed in principle with Progressive BS. Solicitors have been chosen? What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Progressive BS?
Some lenders take longer than others. Have Progressive BS done the valuation? Have you advised Progressive BS as your lawyers details and checked that your lawyer is on the Progressive BS conveyancing panel? sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued

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