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Halifax Loans Solicitor Panel: Recently Asked Questions
Do the Council of Mortgage Lenders intend to launch a online directory search tool with a view
to to identify solicitors on the
Halifax Loans conveyancing panel?
Lexsure has not been advised of any intention on the part of the CML to develop such a register.
What can you suggest we do if we wish to challenge being removed from the
Halifax Loans solicitor panel?
Should you firm be removed from the
Halifax Loans conveyancing panel and you are unaware of or disagree with the reasons for your removal you should: (a) Contact
Halifax Loans directly. (b) If there is an appeals process detailed on your letter you should follow the process.
In appealing a decision by Halifax Loans, it may be useful to provide the following information:
- Full disclosure of your conveyancing history
- Your COMPLETIONmonitor reports, assuming you use the Lexsure software
- Your recent claims history
- Full details of all staff in your firm and their position.
- Note down if a solicitor has been admitted to the role on completion of the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test.
- Supply duplicate practising certificates, the firm's current PII schedule and your accountant's certificate, setting out the % of the firm's gross fee income is resulting from residential conveyancing
On appeal some firms have been able to regain membership to panels notwithstanding the policy by the respective lenders to refuse panel membership to firms with certain profiles or characteristics. Success is primarily due to the firms’ ability to persuade the lender to make an exception if there is sufficient evidence to reassure them that the firm is a ‘low risk’.
When in comes to leasehold title investigations do
Halifax Loans conveyancing panel lawyers need to examine whether there is an insolvent landlord?
Given that your firm in is on the
Halifax Loans conveyancing panel and you are instructed by them in relation to a leasehold property, you must report to them if it becomes apparent that the landlord is either absent or insolvent. If
Halifax Loans are to lend, they may require indemnity insurance. In any event,you will need to check
Halifax Loans’s specific requirements. Notwithstanding whether
Halifax Loans will lend in such circumstances you still need to advise the borrower (unless you are acting for
Halifax Loans alone) as to the risks of buying a property with an insolvent or absentee freeholder.
Are figures published revealing the
Halifax Loans conveyancing panel size as well as the number of conveyancing firms removed from their panel each quarter?
With banks and solicitors working so closely with one another 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
Halifax Loans conveyancing panel but for all mortgage panels
I am a partner in a CQS firm on the Halifax Loans conveyancing panel. Do you have ideas as to how we can market our firm as specialists in conveyancing in Hendon who can act for the borrower and Halifax Loans?
10 people search for a solicitor on the Halifax Loans panel every 4 weeks in Hendon. Feel free to contact the Lexsure team who will tell how your firm can be found by those searching for conveyancing in Hendon.
Marsh’s PI Insurance renewal form enquires if my firm had been excluded from any bank panels in the last year.
I recently found out that the practice is no longer on the
Halifax Loans solicitor panel? Is this likely to 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 Halifax Loans solicitor panel
membership. Please remember that it is always important that you
complete your insurance forms accurately.
I am on the
Halifax Loans
conveyancing panel and scheduled to complete a remortgage within the next few weeks. My file does not contain a Legal Charge for the client to execute.
Who do I contact at Halifax Loans to get a duplicate Deed?
You need to contact Halifax Loans
to obtain standard documents. The CML Handbook contains an express inquiry for lenders to establish who to contact to obtain standard documents.
Halifax Loans in their Part 2’s state:
Always remember to quote your Halifax Loans conveyancing panel reference.
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Average number of days to register title including a charge in favour of Halifax Loans
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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