Saffron Building Society Conveyancing Panel Information

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

Saffron Building Society Conveyancing Panel: Recently Asked Questions

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Is it conceivable that Saffron Building Society will appoint a different lawyer on the Saffron Building Society conveyancing panel for a further advance during the lifetime of a mortgage?
Section 16.2.1 of Part 1 of the Handbook relevant to a solicitor on the Saffron Building Society 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’.
Do the Council of Mortgage Lenders intend to launch a searchable register search tool with a view to to identify law firms on the Saffron Building Society conveyancing panel?
We are not aware of any intention on the part of the UK Finance to develop such a register.
I am hearing that agents are using online checkers to see if a firm is on a lender panel. Why?
Many estate agents are feeling the pain if their clients start out on the conveyancing process having appointed a conveyancer who is not on the panel with the purchaser’s chosen lender. Many conveyancing firms are only discovering when they begin working on a case that they are no longer able to work with that lender. Given the inevitable resultant delays in the transaction the chances of an abortive deal increases dramatically. in the circumstances there is understandable anguish on the part of the estate agent as a result of the lost time should the client have to change lawyers.
I am a partner in a CQS firm on the Saffron Building Society conveyancing panel. How can we advertise our firm as carrying out conveyancing in Hendon authorised to act forSaffron Building Society?
13 potential conveyancing clients search for a property lawyer on the Saffron Building Society panel every 4 weeks in Hendon. Please contact the team at lenderpanel.com to see how your firm can be identified by those searching for conveyancing in Hendon.
St Giles’ PI Insurance renewal form questions if my firm had been removed off any bank panels in the last 12 months. I recently found out that the firm is no longer on the Saffron Building Society solicitor panel? Is this likely to impact my PII premium?
The best placed professionals to answer this question are your insurance brokers. 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 Saffron Building Society solicitor panel membership. Please remember that it is always important that you complete your insurance forms accurately.
Our practice is on the Saffron Building Society conveyancing panel and due to complete a remortgage within the next few weeks. My file does not contain a Legal Charge for the client to sign. Who do I contact at Saffron Building Society to obtain duplicate documents?
You need to contact Saffron Building Society to obtain standard documents. The CML Handbook includes a specific section for banks to cite who to contact to obtain standard documents. Saffron Building Society in their Part 2’s state:
It helps to disclose the firm’s Saffron Building Society solicitors panel number.

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Average number of days to register title including a charge in favour of Saffron Building Society
This information relates to purchase only and not remortgages.
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* Data aggregated from sources including COMPLETIONmonitor