Marsden Building Society Conveyancing Panel Information

The information on this page is designed to keep solicitors and licensed conveyancers abreast of latest requirements changes by Marsden Building Society and to assist in remaining on the Marsden Building Society Approved Conveyancing Solicitors Panel.

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What are the Marsden Building Society conveyancing panel criteria?

Unlike the CML the Building Society Mortgage Instructions deal with this. Section A.12 states ‘In order to act on our behalf your firm or company must be a member of our conveyancing panel provided we are a society that operates one – see specific requirements for details of our arrangements. The Special Requirements state:

The Society uses Legal Marketing Services Ltd (LMS) for its panel arrangements who will require the following information:

1) Up to date practising certificate

2) Copy of professional indemnity insurance

3) Confirmation that you have adequate fire storage facilities

4) Confirmation that you are already a panel member of at least 6 recognised lenders

Please contact the Society through the LMS SecureLink portal on the Conveyancer Zone. Alternatively you can contact the Lending Services Department by telephoning 01282 440500 or emailing completions-post@themarsden.co.uk

You must also comply with the terms and conditions of your Marsden Building Society solicitor panel appointment.

Does the fact that my practice subscribes to LENDERmonitor Alerts assist in my application to join the Marsden Building Society conveyancing panel?

The criteria to join the Marsden Building Society conveyancing panel is likely to be fairly detailed and is unlikely to include signing up to LENDERmonitor alerts.

What obligations do I have, being on the Marsden Building Society conveyancing panel, to carry out an Lender Policy search?

Marsden Building Society make no specific obligation to carry out any of the searches listed. The BSA Mortgage Instructions simply states that ‘you must ensure that any other searches which may be appropriate to the particular property, taking into account its locality and other features are carried out’.

Remember that most ‘less usual searches’ (as described in the Law Society’s Conveyancing Handbook) are not optional as far as Marsden Building Society are concerned if they are ‘appropriate’. Most lenders will not require environmental searches (you should Check the Marsden Building Society Specific Requirements of BSA Handbook to be sure), but you are obliged to explain risks and availability to the borrower.

Ground stability, Plansearch,flood searches as well as the searches listed in the question are optional – but only to the extent that you have allowed the borrower client to make an informed choice. Regardless of whether there is a mortgage, If you have not advised the client that these (and other) searches are available and what risks they cover, then you will be liable if the client suffers loss through not conducting one.

What information is available via COMPLETIONmonitor to assist my application to be on the Marsden Building Society conveyancing panel?

There are many reports available but examples include:

Average time frame to register charges at the Land Registry
Average time frame to send deeds to the lender (calculated from completion date or title registration)
Number of conveyancing cases by lender
The percentage of the firm’s business which is conveyancing (purchase and remortgage)
Average mortgage advance
Buy to Let transactions
Disclosure to Lender analysis indicating frequency and nature of disclosures - to include benchmarking analysis against aggregate data
Evidence of undertaking logs
Current and historic missed priority dates
Analysis as to the nature of clients (e.g. new client )

Do publish figures exists disclosing the Marsden Building Society conveyancing panel size as well as the number of conveyancing firms dismissed each quarter?

With banks and conveyancing firms working so closely together it is surprising that there has not been greater demand for the introduction of a bit of transparency regarding not just the figures for the Marsden Building Society conveyancing panel but for all bank panel listings

Can the BSA assist me in an appeal having not been accepted onto the Marsden Building Society conveyancing panel?

If you have not been accepted or indeed been removed from the Marsden Building Society conveyancing panel then the BSA will not have any part to play in influencing Marsden Building Society in changing their mind. Please contact us here at Lexsure so that we can put you in touch with a consultant who may be able to assist. At the very least it’s worth a call to us.

The CML Handbook includes instructions for a roof with a solar panel. Marsden Building Society do not seem to have any similar obligations via the BSA Mortgage Instructions. Am I missing something?

The BSA Mortgage Instructions don't specifically deal with Solar Panels but it would be prudent as approved solicitors for Marsden Building Society to raise the issue with them (as you would if the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook applied). In any event you need to raise the appropriate questions for your buyer client.

What lender panels do you receive the most questions about?

BSA lenders do not come within the top 20 lenders in terms of frequency of questions. The most popular lender panels in terms of questions are as follows:

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Average number of days to register title including a charge in favour of Marsden Building Society

This information relates to purchase only and not remortgages.

Year	Days*
2026	[no data]
2025	[no data]
2024	[no data]
2023	[no data]
2022	[no data]
2021	[no data]

* Data aggregated from sources including COMPLETIONmonitor

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