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COMPLETIONmonitor is an online pre- and post-completion checklist for property lawyers. It is supported by professional indemnity insurers. It is a unique risk management tool.

This system optimises the way you can prove to lender panels that you are, and can stay fully compliant with their instructions, with notifications given on The Mortgage Lender’s changes. Even though using the tool is not a prerequisite for The Mortgage Lender , demonstrating you can remain up to date with The Mortgage Lender’s Handbook requirements is a helpful support to your panel application and, just as importantly, protect your panel standing.

COMPLETIONmonitor generates real-time alerts, automatically produces regulatory and CQS reports, and will enhance 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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Lenders often change their requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements from The Mortgage Lender 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 Lender has made 294 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the UK Finance Handbook.
That equates to a section change every 9.3 days. In total, 34% of the sections of P2 of the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for The Mortgage Lender have been changed since 15/12/2008.

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The Mortgage Lender Conveyancing Panel Example Support Desk Enquires from members of the public

I am expecting a offer of a mortgage from The Mortgage Lender. I hope to retain the legal services of a Licensed Conveyancer. Does the The Mortgage Lender Solicitor panel allow for Licensed Conveyancers
The Mortgage Lender’s conveyancing panel is, like many other lenders associated to the Council or Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
I am purchasing a newly built duplex and my solicitor is advising me that she has to reveal incentives from the builder as her practice is on the The Mortgage Lender conveyancing panel. I am nearing the developer’s deadline to sign contracts and my preference is not to prolong the conveyancing. Can I insist on an exchange regardless of what my lawyer says about being on the The Mortgage Lender panel?
You should not exchange unless you have advised to do so by your lawyer. A precondition to being on the The Mortgage Lender approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on The Mortgage Lender). The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
Your search tool is useful but there are many lawyers listed near Middlesbrough on the The Mortgage Lender conveyancing panel. Can you recommend a specific firm on the The Mortgage Lender approved panel?
We do not recommend specific firms as the right firm for you depends on where your priorities lie. For example you may require a local firm with local knowledge or you might be looking for the low cost conveyancing. We recommend that you speak to 3 or 4 lawyers listed before you make your choice..
I am selling my house. Does my solicitor have to be on the The Mortgage Lender conveyancing panel in order to deal with redeeming my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the The Mortgage Lender 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 lawyers on the The Mortgage Lender conveyancing panel work on a no sale no fee basis?
There is generally no requirements by lenders for their firms to operate on a no-sale-no-fee basis. There a small number of lenders who operate a very restricted conveyancing panel managed by a third party company (often termed in the industry as a ‘gatekeeper’). That third party may impose certain conditions such as non-sale-no fee on the panel firms. If you require this as a condition of your conveyancing then you should check with the conveyancing firm that this is part of their service
My wife and I have arranged a further advance on our mortgage from The Mortgage Lender as we wish to carry out a loft conversion to our home. Do we need to appoint a solicitor on the The Mortgage Lender conveyancing panel to deal with the paperwork?
The Mortgage Lender would not normally instruct firms on their conveyancing panel to deal with such a matter. If they did require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the The Mortgage Lender list
My offer was accepted on a house on the 17th February 2014, valuation was booked 3 days later, received a clean bill of health. Solicitor instructed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to The Mortgage Lender and chasing them on my offer I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the The Mortgage Lender conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
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 Lender to deal with your lawyers application to be on the The Mortgage Lender conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitors will be accepted.

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