The Chorley & District Building Society Conveyancing Panel Information

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

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What are the The Chorley & District Building Society conveyancing panel arrangements?

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:

No set panel but any firm wanting to act for CDBS must meet the specific requirements set out below.

Specific Requirements

1. Law Society or CLC member

2. Minimum of 2 partners or directors

You must also comply with the terms and conditions of your The Chorley & District Building Society solicitor panel appointment.

Can my firm register a complaint to the BSA about being removed excluded suspended from the The Chorley & District Building Society conveyancing panel?

The BSA is not a regulator and therefore will not investigate complaints against lenders. You can of course contact us to see if we can assist.

Will the fact that my practice receives Alerts via this site assist in my application to join the The Chorley & District Building Society solicitor panel?

The requirements to join the The Chorley & District Building Society conveyancing panel is likely to be fairly detailed and is unlikely to include signing up to LENDERmonitor alerts.

A long standing client of my firm is looking to acquire a semi detached house for £607,500 in Kenton with a mortgage over GBP 440,000. I am on the The Chorley & District Building Society conveyancing panel but do The Chorley & District Building Society have a separate approved panel when a mortgage is above 350k?

Lexsure only know of a couple of lenders that operate a separate conveyancing panel where the mortgage advance is over a certain threshold. You should nevertheless check directly with The Chorley & District Building Society. At one stage HSBC would only allow Sole practitioners to act for them where the mortgage was below £150,000. We are not sure if HSBC still operate such a condition. In your case it is best to check with The Chorley & District Building Society

Given my firm’s membership on the The Chorley & District Building Society conveyancing panel for what period of time am I expected to archive the original conveyancing file?

The BSA Mortgage Instructions state that the firm must keep the file for at least 6 years from the date of the mortgage. Data imaging is normally suitable compliance with this requirement. As a firm on the The Chorley & District Building Society conveyancing panel you must allow The Chorley & District Building Society to conduct such reasonable audit of your information security measures as The Chorley & District Building Society or their agents may to ensure your compliance with your file retention obligations.

My practice have never been on the The Chorley & District Building Society conveyancing panel as well other lenders . My clients, who have applied for a mortgage with The Chorley & District Building Society wish use my firms conveyancing services regardless of the fact that we are not on the The Chorley & District Building Society panel. Is it fine for me to use a local to act for The Chorley & District Building Society on mortgage aspect of the transaction?

You need to be careful here as what you are intending may not be acceptable to the mortgage company. 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. Lenders such as Nationwide BS make 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.

The firm that I work for is on the The Chorley & District Building Society conveyancing panel. I am dealing with The Chorley & District Building Society mortgage on a purchase. My borrower client is asking not to disclose an issue to The Chorley & District Building Society. What do I do in this conflict situation?

When a solicitor is acting for both The Chorley & District Building Society and borrower there is potential for conflicts to arise. You owe duties to both clients. All information received by you from your client is confidential and cannot be disclosed without the client’s consent.

In your situation, if the purchaser will not consent to the information being passed on to the lender, the solicitor must cease to act for The Chorley & District Building Society and it may well be prudent for you to cease to act for the purchaser as well. You must not inform The Chorley & District Building Society of the reason for termination of the retainer over and above the fact that a conflict has arisen. The fact that you can no longer act should alert even the most somnambulistic of lenders that something is wrong with the borrower and/or purchase. The fact that you have disinstructed yourself should not affect your The Chorley & District Building Society conveyancing panel status.

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 The Chorley & District Building Society

This information relates to purchase only and not remortgages.

Year	Days*
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* Data aggregated from sources including COMPLETIONmonitor

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