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Mortgage Agency Services Solicitor Panel: Recently Asked Questions
Are Mortgage Agency Services Conveyancing panel solicitors obliged to disclose incentives?
Mortgage Agency Services’s answer to this question can be found at section 6.4.4 of their CML Part 2 requirements
Is it possible that
Mortgage Agency Services
will assign a different lawyer on the
Mortgage Agency Services
conveyancing panel for a further advance during the lifetime of a mortgage?
Section 16.2.1 of Part 1 of the Handbook applicable to a solicitor on the
Mortgage Agency Services
conveyancing panel reads ‘Our mortgage secures further advances. Consequently, when a further advance is required for alterations or improvements to the property we will not normally instruct a member of our conveyancing panel but if you are instructed the appropriate provisions of this Handbook will apply’.
My firm is not on the
Mortgage Agency Services conveyancing panel as well other banks.
My clients, who are getting a mortgage with Mortgage Agency Services would still like to instruct me even though I am not on the
Mortgage Agency Services panel. Am I doing anything wrong is suggesting to my client that they use a firm down the road to act for
Mortgage Agency Services on mortgage aspect of the conveyancing?
You need to be careful here as what you are proposing may not be acceptable to the lender.
It is possible that you (as a non-panel firm) or the mortgage applicant are not at liberty instruct a panel firm of your choice. An increasing amount of lenders are making it clear to their panel firms that where a non-panel member firm is instructed by one of their mortgage applicants, the lender must appoint a panel firm to carry out its instructions and to liaise with the borrower's conveyancing firm.
You also need to make the costs implications and potential for delay very clear to your client.
Every so often I read a LENDERmonitor notification but I don't see that many important changes. For instance, My firm on the
Mortgage Agency Services conveyancing panel and receive a notification simply telling me a change of address. Does that matter?
It is important that you take note of such changes because sending a communication or deeds to the wrong address can cause delays that might not only affect your borrower client but also impact your chances of staying on the
Mortgage Agency Services conveyancing panel. Lets say that Mortgage Agency Services change their requirements as to where the post completion documents should be sent.
Do you change the details in your CMS? Do you make a note? Is this information passed on to secretaries and assistants? In your Certificate of Title to Mortgage Agency Services you are giving assurances that you will forward the relevant documents within 10 days of receiving the Title Information Document. Leaving to one side whether you are technically breaching an undertaking in sending it to the wrong address, you run the risk of
Mortgage Agency Services suspending you off the panel because they are not receiving the deeds in accordance with the COT. It will not be a valid excuse to say that you sent it to an address that is no longer valid.
Are figures published revealing the
Mortgage Agency Services conveyancing panel size as well as the number of conveyancing firms removed from their panel each quarter?
With banks and property lawyers working so closely with one another it is surprising that there has not been much call for the introduction of a bit of transparency regarding not just the figures for the
Mortgage Agency Services conveyancing panel but for all lender panel listings
Lockton’s PII renewal form questions if my firm had been removed off any bank panels in the last year.
I recently became aware that the firm is no longer on the
Mortgage Agency Services conveyancing panel? Will that impact my insurance?
Your insurance brokers are your best port of call to address this question.
The chances are that on the basis that you have not been removed for
fraud or negligence reasons that there will be little or no
impact. The main reason why a firm would be removed off of a lender
panel is due to low volume of conveyancing cases although there may be
a number of criteria for Mortgage Agency Services solicitor panel
membership. Please remember that it is always important that you
complete your insurance forms accurately.
I am on the
Mortgage Agency Services
conveyancing panel and scheduled to complete a purchase within the next week. I dont have a Legal Charge for the client to execute.
Who do I contact at Mortgage Agency Services to request substitute deeds?
You should contact Mortgage Agency Services
to obtain standard documents. The CML Handbook includes an express inquiry for lenders to cite who to contact to obtain standard documents.
Mortgage Agency Services in their Part 2’s state:
Please remember to quote the firm’s Mortgage Agency Services conveyancing panel reference.
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Average number of days to register title including a charge in favour of Mortgage Agency Services
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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