Vernon BS Conveyancing Panel Information

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

Vernon BS Solicitor Panel Assistance:

What are the Vernon BS 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:

Solicitors and licensed conveyancers acting for the Society must have the appropriate professional qualifications, professional indemnity insurance, adequate cover for absence, and properly constituted commercial premises with adequate provision for the secure storage of deeds.

The Society requires the following:

(i)    All Solicitor firms must have a minimum of 2 SRA approved managers 

(ii)    All Licenced Conveyancer firms must have a minimum of 2 Licenced Conveyancers
 

You must also comply with the terms and conditions of your Vernon BS solicitor panel appointment.

Are Vernon BS Conveyancing panel solicitors at risk of the society altering or retracting the mortgage offer?
Vernon BS ‘s answer to this question can be found at section B.3 of their BSA specific requirements which states:

We may amend or withdraw the offer in any of the following circumstances:

(i) the term of the mortgage offer has expired;

(ii) a change in financial circumstances or other material circumstances of the borrower;

(iii) a change in the LTV of the proposed mortgage;

(iv) any incentive which has not been properly disclosed;

(v) if any other information provided which enables us to make our lending decision is incorrect or misleading or, if information which should have been disclosed, was not;

(vi) if any of the special conditions of the mortgage cannot be met;

(vii) where any of the above applies to any proposed guarantor.

Refer to Mortgage Department (see A3) if any of the above applies.
 

Will the fact that my firm subscribes to LENDERmonitor Alerts help in my application to join the Vernon BS conveyancing panel?
The requirements to join the Vernon BS conveyancing panel is likely to be fairly detailed and is unlikely to include signing up to LENDERmonitor alerts.
Given my firm’s membership on the Vernon BS conveyancing panel for what period of time am I expected to keep hold of the complete conveyancing file?
The BSA Mortgage Instructions state that the firm must keep the file for a minimum six years from the date of the mortgage. Data imaging is normally suitable compliance with this requirement. As a firm on the Vernon BS conveyancing panel you must allow Vernon BS to conduct such reasonable audit of your information security measures as Vernon BS or their agents may to ensure your compliance with your file retention obligations.
My practice have never been on the Vernon BS solicitor panel among other banks . My clients, who have applied for a mortgage with Vernon BS still want me to act for them even though I am not on the Vernon BS panel. Is it fine for me to use a firm down the road to act for Vernon BS on mortgage aspect of the conveyancing?
You need to be careful here as what you are suggesting may not be acceptable to the mortgage company. It is possible that you (as a non-panel firm) or the mortgage applicant are not entitled 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 conveyancer. You also need to make the costs implications and potential for delay very clear to your client.
Do publish figures exists disclosing the Vernon BS conveyancing panel size as well as the number of conveyancing firms removed from their panel each year?
With lenders and property lawyers 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 Vernon BS conveyancing panel but for all bank panels
Can the BSA assist me in an appeal having not been accepted onto the Vernon BS conveyancing panel?
If you have not been accepted or indeed been removed from the Vernon BS conveyancing panel then the BSA will not have any part to play in influencing Vernon BS 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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