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Newbury Mortgage Services Solicitor Panel Information:
What are the Newbury Mortgage Services 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:
The Society operates a panel of conveyancers. Acceptance to the panel is subject to application and the following requirements:
• Firm must have at least four qualifying partners.
• Current registration with SRA / CLC.
• Professional Indemnity Insurance with minimum £2m cover.
• For solicitors, CQS accreditation
• All firms must have been practicing for a minimum of 5 years.
Firms that are set up as Alternative Business Structures are accepted if the underlying legal practice has been in existence at least 5 years and meets the above requirements.
Conveyancers that are not on the panel will be invited on receipt of a mortgage application where the client proposes them to act.
For commercial applications the lender will instruct their own solicitor (separate legal representation).
Contact Newbury Building Society’s Mortgage Underwriting Team 01635 555700, for an application.
You must also comply with the terms and conditions of your Newbury Mortgage Services solicitor panel appointment.
my firm is on the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel. Can I get an archived copy of Newbury Mortgage Services Specific Requirements from the BSA?
The BSA, as is the case with the CML do not keep historic of Specific Requirements. The BSA advise that you contact Newbury Mortgage Services direct.
Can my practice submit a complaint to the BSA about being removed excluded suspended from the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel?
The BSA is not a regulator and therefore will not investigate grievances against lenders. You can of course contact Lexsure to see if we can help.
Being a practice on the Newbury Mortgage Services solicitor panel who do I contact should we have a question conerning the BSA conveyancing instructions ?
If you are a conveyancer and have a concern relating to the instructions,
you should make contact with Newbury Mortgage Services. The BSA will not advise or comment on specific queries relating to Newbury Mortgage Services or other lenders.
A recent SRA survey reveals that three quarters of solicitors have been removed or threatened with removal from a lender conveyancing panel. Newbury Mortgage Services and other building societies have restricted their panel over the years. Why?
The feeling from lenders generally (we can not speak for Newbury Mortgage Services specifically), is that for too long
solicitors have concentrated on their duty of care to their purchasing
client, and have paid scant attention to the duty they owe to the
lender, whom they conveniently forget is also their client.
Looking from the lenders’ perspective, it has to be said that there are pressures to encourage smaller panels. The Financial Services Authority regards the open panel system as a major contributor to mortgage fraud and negligence cases, and has been leaning on lenders to move to proactive panel management, which is more expensive the larger the panel. Hence it is becoming more common for lenders to charge fees, and/or require extensive form-filling, from would-be panel members
Newbury Mortgage Services and other BSA lenders are in varying stages of reviewing their approach to vetting firms on their conveyancing panels, to ensure their ongoing exposure to unsuitable firms is reduced.
I have been a solicitor for nearly 35 years without a single claim against me and have been refused acceptance on the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel with no explanation. Am I not entitled to a reason?
Participation on the lender's panel of conveyancers is at the absolute
discretion of the the lender. The days of open panels are now long
gone. Many lenders reserve the right to accept or reject any
application without giving any reason. You should check your original
application to join the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel
to see if you are entitled to a reason.
Can the BSA assist me in an appeal having not been accepted onto the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel?
If you have not been accepted or indeed been removed from the Newbury Mortgage Services conveyancing panel then the BSA will not have any part to play in influencing Newbury Mortgage Services in changing their mind. Please contact us here at Lexsure so that we can put you in touch with a consultant who may be able to assist. At the very least it’s worth a call to us.
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 Newbury Mortgage Services
This information relates to purchase only and not remortgages.
| Year | Days* |
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| 2025 | [no data] |
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| 2022 | [no data] |
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* Data aggregated from sources including COMPLETIONmonitor
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