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The Mortgage Business Conveyancing Lender Panel Compliance Tool

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Lexsure’s COMPLETIONmonitor is web-based pre- and post-completion checklist for property lawyers. It is supported by professional indemnity insurers. It is a unique risk mitigation tool.

This system is the only way you can demonstrate to lender panels that you are, and can stay fully compliant with their requirements, with notifications given on The Mortgage Business’s changes. While utilising the tool is not a condition for being on the The Mortgage Business panel, demonstrating you can remain up to date with The Mortgage Business’s Handbook requirements is an excellent support to your panel application and, more importantly, protect your firm’s panel standing.

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

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Lenders frequently vary their requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements from The Mortgage Business 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, The Mortgage Business has made 167 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the UK Finance Handbook.
That equates to a section change every 16.3 days. In total, 25% of the sections of P2 of the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for The Mortgage Business have been changed since 15/12/2008.

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Q and A’s regarding the The Mortgage Business Solicitor Panel from members of the public

I instructed a law firm to carry out on my remortgage three weeks ago having applied for a mortgage with The Mortgage Business. The solicitors confirmed to me that they are on The Mortgage Business conveyancing panel and advised me their panel number. The Mortgage Business then told me that their panel number was dormant and would need to be reactivated. What happens next? Should I appoint a new solicitor listed on the conveyancing panel for The Mortgage Business?
The answer depends on whether you still have confidence in the said solicitors and how long it will take for the firm to be reinstated on the The Mortgage Business conveyancing panel You may wish to enlist the help of your broker to check with the The Mortgage Business as to the time frame to get your lawyer reinstated on the panel once again.
My conveyancer has uncovered an inconsistency when comparing the information in The Mortgage Business’s home valuation survey and what is revealed within the title deeds. My lawyer informs me that as he is on the The Mortgage Business conveyancing panel he is obliged to check that the lender is happy with this discrepancy and is content go ahead. Is my solicitor’s stance right?
A precondition to being on the The Mortgage Business approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on The Mortgage Business) which do require that your lawyer disclose any incorrect assumptions in the lender’s valuation report and the legal papers. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your lawyer will have no choice but to discontinue acting for both parties.
How do I search for a local solicitor on the The Mortgage Business conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to 25 miles to meet the conveyancer.
Feel free to make use of the find a conveyancing panel search on this website. 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 The Mortgage Business solicitor panel.
I would like to get my ex-husband taken off the mortgage deeds. Can The Mortgage Business really tell me which solicitor I can or can not instruct?
You can use any solicitor you like but The Mortgage Business 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 The Mortgage Business solicitors panel
Do most banks operate their own panel of solicitors?
Many lenders do operate a restricted conveyancing panel but a lot of lenders allow any solicitors to join their panel so long as they meet their criteria. Each lender sets their own criteria. For example the The Mortgage Business conveyancing panel requirements are different to The Mortgage Business’s conveyancing panel requirements.
Hi, thinking about buying a house off my mate. Once we agree a price, what’s the best way to move forward? I plan to obtain a mortgage with The Mortgage Business. Is it possible to avoid using solicitors to save us both money? My dad reckons back in the day he did a lot of it himself, just went into the land registry office and providing them with the info they needed himself
If you are getting a mortgage with The Mortgage Business involved you will need to appoint a solicitor on the The Mortgage Business conveyancing panel. We would not encourage you to both use the same solicitors' firm. There are clear conflict of interest issues and it's not going to make a huge difference to the speed of the overall process. So as not to hold things us you should pass on your solicitors details to The Mortgage Business. Feel free to use our search tool to look for a licensed conveyancer or solicitor on the The Mortgage Business conveyancing panel.
I was told four weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by The Mortgage Business. Is it usual for The Mortgage Business to only issue the offer once my solicitor is approved on their conveyancing panel?
A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for The Mortgage Business to deal with your lawyers application to be on the The Mortgage Business conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitors will be accepted.

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