West Bromwich Building Society Conveyancing Panel Information

The information on this page is designed to keep solicitors and licensed conveyancers abreast of latest requirements changes by West Bromwich Building Society and to assist in remaining on the West Bromwich Building Society Approved Conveyancing Solicitors.

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What are the West Bromwich Building Society conveyancing panel criteria?

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:

Generally, Firms must have at least two Partners however all Firms wishing to be admitted to the conveyancing panel should contact Mortgage Deeds Administration Department in the first instance - See E.33 below for contact details.

You must also comply with the terms and conditions of your West Bromwich Building Society solicitor panel appointment.

Can my firm make a complaint to the BSA about being removed excluded suspended from the West Bromwich Building Society conveyancing panel?

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

Will the fact that my practice subscribes to Alerts via this site assist in my application to join the West Bromwich Building Society conveyancing panel?

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

Am I obliged, being on the West Bromwich Building Society conveyancing panel, to carry out a Lawyer Checker Search, an HS2 search?

West Bromwich Building Society make no specific obligation to carry out any of the searches listed. The BSA Mortgage Instructions simply states that ‘you must ensure that any other searches which may be appropriate to the particular property, taking into account its locality and other features are carried out’.

Please note that most ‘less usual searches’ (as described in the Law Society’s Conveyancing Handbook) are not optional as far as West Bromwich Building Society are concerned if they are ‘appropriate’. Most lenders will not require environmental searches (you should Check the West Bromwich Building Society Specific Requirements of BSA Handbook to be sure), but you are obliged to explain risks and availability to the client.

Ground stability, Plansearch,flood searches as well as the searches listed in the question are optional – but only to the extent that you have allowed the borrower client to make an informed choice. Regardless of whether there is a mortgage, If you have not advised the client that these (and other) searches are available and what risks they cover, then you will be liable if the client suffers loss through not conducting one.

I am hearing that agents are using online checkers to see if a firm is on a lender panel. Why?

Many estate agents are suffering if their clients start out on the conveyancing process using a conveyancer who is not on the panel with the purchaser’s chosen lender. Many conveyancing firms are only discovering when they begin working on a case that they are no longer able to work with that lender. Given the inevitable resultant delays in the transaction the chances of an abortive deal increases dramatically. in the circumstances there is understandable anguish on the part of the estate agent as a result of the lost time should the client have to change solicitors lawyers.

I rarely receive a copy of a valuation from a lender these days. Do my West Bromwich Building Society conveyancing panel obligations extend to checking the valuation details where I am acting on a purchase with West Bromwich Building Society as the lender?

You have a number of obligations in this regard which you need to follow if you wish to comply with your lender client’s instructions as set out in the BSA Mortgage Instructions. (I) You must take reasonable steps to verify that there are no discrepancies between the description of the property as compared to an address that is no longer valid.

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:

I am a partner in a CQS firm on the West Bromwich Building Society conveyancing panel. Do you have ideas as to how we can market our firm as carrying out conveyancing in Hendon who can act for the borrower and West Bromwich Building Society?

8 consumers attempt to locate a solicitor on the West Bromwich Building Society panel on a monthly basis in Hendon. Feel free to contact the Lexsure team who will tell how your firm can be identified by those searching for conveyancing in Hendon.

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Average number of days to register title including a charge in favour of West Bromwich Building Society

This information relates to purchase only and not remortgages.

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* Data aggregated from sources including COMPLETIONmonitor

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