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Scottish Building Society Conveyancing Lender Panel Compliance Tool

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This software assists the way you can prove to lender panels that you are, and can remain fully compliant with their requirements, with alerts on Scottish Building Society’s changes. Notwithstanding that utilising the tool is not a prerequisite for Scottish Building Society , demonstrating you can remain up to date with Scottish Building Society’s Handbook requirements is a helpful support to your application to their lender panel and, more importantly, protect your firm’s panel status.

COMPLETIONmonitor creates real-time alerts, automatically produces compliance and CQS reports, and will increase 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 frequently vary their requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements from Scottish 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, Scottish Building Society has made 330 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the UK Finance Handbook.
That equates to a section change every 8.3 days. In total, 95% of the sections of P2 of the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Scottish Building Society have been changed since 15/12/2008.

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Frequently asked questions relating to the Scottish Building Society Conveyancing Panel from members of the public

I have been advised by my broker that I have to pay Scottish Building Society fees if I use my own solicitor. How good are the Scottish Building Society conveyancing panel solicitors? I dont care which law firm I use provided that they are good and not exorbitantly priced. Would you recommend a specific law firm on the Scottish Building Society panel?
Scottish Building Society’s conveyancing panel is pretty large so your best bet is just to check with the firms you are getting quotes from whether they are on it. You can search by postcode on the search tool on this site to find solicitors that Scottish Building Society will allow to act for them.
Can you clarify something for me?. My lawyer is not to blame but, my purchase conveyancing has been going on for months. The Local Authority Search from Scottish Building Society was dated random date and we have agreed a date for me to move into the property on 6 months + 3. My solicitor has advised that as she is on the Scottish Building Society conveyancing panel she needs to reorder the searches as they are no longer valid.
A precondition to being on the Scottish Building Society approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook Part 2 obligations (last updated for this lender on Scottish Building Society)which specifies that a local authority search be not more than 6 months old. You should nevertheless ask your lawyer to check whether something called ‘search validation’ indemnity insurance is acceptable to Scottish Building Society.
How do I search for a local solicitor on the Scottish Building Society conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to 25 kilometers to meet the lawyer.
You can use the find a conveyancing panel tool on this page. Please choose the lender and your location and you will see a number of lawyer located nearest you. Alternatively you can type in the name of your proposed law firm and see if they are listed as being on the Scottish Building Society solicitor panel.
My house is up for sale and I have a buyer. Does my solicitor have to be on the Scottish Building Society conveyancing panel in order to deal with redeeming my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Scottish Building Society conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. it might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their requirements fairly frequently at the moment.
Is it the case that all conveyancing solicitors on the Scottish Building Society conveyancing panel overseen by the SRA?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Scottish Building Society conveyancing panel they would need to be regulated by the SRA. Many lenders do allow licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such firms would be regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers (CLC).
How can we tell if a solicitor on the Scottish Building Society panel is any good?
Getting 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 advise that you speak with the solicitor carrying out your conveyancing
Intending to buy a house with a mortgage with Scottish Building Society. I have received an online quote from a licensed conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Scottish 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 Scottish Building Society conveyancing panel

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