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Vida Homeloans Conveyancing Lender Panel Compliance Tool

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COMPLETIONmonitor is an online pre- and post-completion checklist for residential conveyancing lawyers. It is supported by PI insurers such as AmTrust. It is a unique risk management tool.

This system facilitates the way you can demonstrate to lender panels that you are, and can stay fully compliant with their requirements, with alerts on Vida Homeloans’s changes. Even though utilising this technology is not a condition for acceptance on the Vida Homeloans panel, demonstrating you can remain up to date with Vida Homeloans’s Handbook requirements is a helpful support to your panel application and, more 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 some firms, leads to reduced PII premiums.

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Lenders often change their requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements from Vida Homeloans 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, Vida Homeloans has made 193 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the UK Finance Handbook.
That equates to a section change every 14.1 days. In total, 33% of the sections of P2 of the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Vida Homeloans have been changed since 15/12/2008.

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Vida Homeloans Solicitor Panel Recently Asked Questions from members of the public

A lawyer my husband and I wanted to use for conveyancing on a purchase said he would charge more if my mortgage is with Vida Homeloans because of their unusual legal requirements. Will I regret using Vida Homeloans? Any comments will be appreciated
Vida Homeloans conveyancing requirements for their panel are no better or no more complicated than most lenders. It is the case now the CML Handbook, the "bible" used by solicitors to establish lender requirements, is different for each lender. It is not clear if your lawyer is on the Vida Homeloans conveyancing panel. If they are not, this does add further risk of delay as Vida Homeloans will appoint their own solicitors to look after their interest.
I am buying a new build duplex and my conveyancer is advising me that she is duty bound to reveal incentives from the developer as her practice is on the Vida Homeloans conveyancing panel. I am on a tight deadline to exchange contracts and I have no desire to delay matters. Is my lawyer right?
You should not exchange unless you have advised to do so by your lawyer. A precondition to being on the Vida Homeloans approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Vida Homeloans). The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
I have been searching for conveyancing quotes online. Can I be confident that all the firms that are identified on your site are on the Vida Homeloans conveyancing panel?
The law firms listed on our site have advised us that they are on the Vida Homeloans panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the Vida Homeloans panel. To date we have not been informed by either a bank or a member of the public that the data about a specific firm being on the Vida Homeloans conveyancing panel is not accurate.
My house is up for sale and I have a buyer. Does my solicitor have to be on the Vida Homeloans conveyancing panel in order to deal with redeeming my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Vida Homeloans 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.
I'm at the point of looking at houses and now considering a potential offer. Should I already have a conveyancer appointed at this stage? I will be getting a home loan with Vida Homeloans
You should start obtaining conveyancing quotes from solicitors ASAP. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their details on the the EA. As you are getting a mortgage with Vida Homeloans , ask your prospective lawyers check they are on the Vida Homeloans conveyancing panel otherwise they can't do the mortgage legal work.
I have decided to exercise my right to buy my property off the council. I have a mortgage agreed with Vida Homeloans. Conveyancing is new to me. Can I proceed without a solicitor easily? I think we can but we keep being told I should use one. Any advice?
It is not advisable proceed with a house purchase without a solicitor. The council's solicitor are not acting for you. You need a solicitor for a number reasons. One of which is to verify what plans the Council have for repairs and refurbishment for the next five years. Many leaseholders have been stung for contributions of thousands of pounds. In any event if you are getting a mortgage with Vida Homeloans you will need to appoint a solicitor on the Vida Homeloans conveyancing panel.
Vida Homeloans have agreed my mortgage in principle, my offer on house has been accepted, now what?
The estate agent will want to know who your solicitors are (make sure these solicitors are on the lenders panel). Call up Vida Homeloans or your broker and complete any relevant paperwork. Vida Homeloans will tell you what documents they want. Vida Homeloans will instruct a valuer. The valuer will get in touch with the estate agent or seller to book an appointment. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes about week to get a mortgage offer. Vida Homeloans will issue the offer to you and your lawyer. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing.

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