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The Mortgage Works Conveyancing Panel: Recently Asked Questions
Can a firm make a complaint to the Council of Mortgage Lenders about being suspended from the The Mortgage Works conveyancing panel?
The Council of Mortgage Lenders is an association rather than a regulator and therefore do not investigate complaints against lenders. You can of course contact Lexsure to see if we can assist.
Do the Council of Mortgage Lenders intend to launch a searchable register search tool with a view
to list law firms on the
The Mortgage Works conveyancing panel?
We are not aware of any intention on the part of the CML to develop such a tool.
Is there a standard appeals process to prevent solicitors from being unfairly removed them from lender conveyancing panels?
There are thousands of firms across the UK who feel aggrieved claiming that they have been removed from lenders’ panels without an explanation or a good
reason. It is highly unlikely, given that lenders have distanced
themselves from creating a standardised appeals process for
brokers, that an appeals process will be introduced for
lawyers. Commenting on the call by brokers to have a standardised
process the CML said’ “While we understand that some lenders do have
an appeals process, it would not be appropriate for a trade body such
as the CML to seek to be prescriptive about such a process.” Some
lenders do of course set out an appeals policy. The Law Society does
have information on it’s site that may be of assistance. If you would
like to talk to one of our compliance experts about our Lender Panel
Protection Service please click
here.
Who do building societies include on their Conveyancing Panels?
In the same way that there is a unique The Mortgage Works
conveyancing panel most building societies, operate a conveyancing
panel for solicitors and other conveyancers that the lender will
instruct. Terms and Conditions and criteria for inclusion on a
building society conveyancing panel vary from lender-to-lender. Having
CQS accreditation may be a requirement. Institutional lenders, such
as a building society, is a client and is entitled to instruct the
solicitor or conveyancer of its choosing (who, in turn, is free to
accept or refuse instructions). Therefore, if lender and borrower
cannot agree which solicitor or conveyancer should represent them
jointly, they would usually proceed on a separate representation
basis. The BSA have not published the equivalent of the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook
Part 3s.
Do publish figures exists revealing the
The Mortgage Works conveyancing panel size and the number of conveyancing firms removed from their panel each year?
With mortgage companies and solicitors 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
The Mortgage Works conveyancing panel but for all mortgage panel listings
Should Conveyancing Quality Scheme membership guarantee my firm’s acceptance on to lenders conveyancing panels?
The Law Society’s CQS membership gives no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. Nevertheless the Council of Mortgage Lenders have indicated that it is likely to become a prerequisite for firms wishing to remain on their panels. A number of mortgage companies now use CQS as the starting point for Panel approval such as HSBC.
I am on the
The Mortgage Works
conveyancing panel and scheduled to complete a purchase within the next few weeks. My file does not contain a Mortgage Deed for the client to execute.
Who do I contact at The Mortgage Works to obtain duplicate documents?
You need to contact The Mortgage Works
to obtain standard documents. The CML Handbook includes an explicit question for lenders to set out who to contact to obtain standard documents.
The Mortgage Works in their Part 2’s state:
It helps to disclose your The Mortgage Works conveyancing panel number.
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Average number of days to register title including a charge in favour of The Mortgage Works
This information relates to purchase only and not remortgages.
| Year | Days* |
|---|---|
| 2025 | [no data] |
| 2024 | [no data] |
| 2023 | [no data] |
| 2022 | [no data] |
| 2021 | [no data] |
| 2020 | [no data] |
* Data aggregated from sources including COMPLETIONmonitor
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