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Stafford Railway 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 instructions, with alerts on Stafford Railway Building Society’s changes. Even though using this technology is not a condition for acceptance on the Stafford Railway Building Society panel, demonstrating you can remain up to date with Stafford Railway Building Society’s Handbook requirements is a helpful support to your panel application and, just as importantly, safeguard your firm’s panel status.

The software creates real-time alerts, automatically produces SRA and CQS reports, and will increase your firm's efficiency. It is also simply to use, cost-effective and, for many firms, results in reduced PII premiums.

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Banks and building societies frequently vary their requirements. The BSA instructions from Stafford Railway 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 2010, Stafford Railway Building Society has made 62 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the BSA Requirements.
That equates to a section change every 44.0 days. In total, 56% of the sections of the BSA Requirements for Stafford Railway Building Society have been changed since 26/1/2010.

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Examples of recent questions relating to the Stafford Railway Building Society Conveyancing Panel from members of the public

For what reasons would a law firm be excluded from the Stafford Railway Building Society solicitor panel?
According to a recent survey report by the solicitors regulator three quarters of solicitor practices had been excluded from a lender panel. The most common reasons in order are :
  1. lack of transactions
  2. the lawyer is a sole practitioner
  3. as part of the HSBC panel reduction
  4. regulatory contact by SRA
  5. accidental removal. We are not aware of the specific or common criteria for removal by Stafford Railway Building Society
Much to my surprise my conveyancer is asking me for personal identification documents saying that this is part of his retainer as a conveyancer on the Stafford Railway Building Society Solicitor panel. Is this right?
Anti-terror and anti-money-laundering rules require solicitors and licensed conveyancers to verify the identity of the person or body they are dealing with before they can accept their conveyancing business. The Client Care letter that you need to sign will no doubt confirm this. Your lawyer is right that Stafford Railway Building Society also require certain documents to be viewed. If a you refuse to provide ID verification documents, your conveyancer would not be able to accept instructions from you. Your lawyer also has obligations to obtain certain documents in accordance with Stafford Railway Building Society CML Handbook requirements last updated on Stafford Railway Building Society
I need to find a Stafford Railway Building Society panel solicitor in Belfast. Can you assist?
Unfortunately it’s not apparent why you need a Stafford Railway Building Society panel solicitor but in any event, if you can not find one on our search tool you will need to speak directly to Stafford Railway Building Society to find out which solicitors in Stafford Railway Building Society are on their panel. If you do find such a firm not listed please direct them to our site to list. After all the cost is only one £1 a month
I am attempting to get my ex-wife removed the mortgage deeds. Can Stafford Railway Building Society really tell me which solicitor I can or can not retain?
You can use any solicitor you like but Stafford Railway 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 Stafford Railway Building Society solicitors panel
Is it the case that all solicitor firms on the Stafford Railway Building Society conveyancing panel overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Stafford Railway Building Society 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).
I currently have a mortgage with with Stafford Railway Building Society. Conveyancing was finalised some time ago. If I am intending to rent out my property and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a BTL mortgage or inform Stafford Railway Building Society?
Stafford Railway Building Society must be informed of your intention in advance of renting your property as this is likely to be a breach of Stafford Railway Building Society’s mortgage conditions. In many cases banks or building societies will allow you to rent out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Stafford Railway Building Society directly. You need not do this via a Stafford Railway Building Society conveyancing panel lawyer.
After shopping around on the internet I have found a solicitor having made sure that they are on the Stafford Railway Building Society conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property? Or I've digested plenty of mortgage guides,I note that they all recommend that you should get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my solicitor - who is on the Stafford Railway Building Society conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. Is that normal?
Stafford Railway Building Society will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Stafford Railway Building Society will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller. or Your lawyer will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Stafford Railway Building Society you could contact your them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors.

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