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Question: 10.2. What is the minimum number of days notice lenders require?
| Lender | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accord Buy to Let | We must receive your Certificate of Title and Request for Advance (the "Certificate") at least six working days before completion. The advance monies will be sent to your client account (you must provide details in the Certificate) on the last working day prior to the completion date. Occasional delays in transmitting advance monies can occur as a result of a breakdown in the external CHAPS system. No responsibility can be accepted for losses arising from any such delays. |
| Accord Mortgages Ltd |
No final inspection - we must receive your Certificate of Title and Request for Advance (the "Certificate") at least six working days before completion. Final inspection required - an extra five working days should be allowed. The advance monies will be sent to your client account (you must provide details in the Certificate) on the last working day prior to the completion date. Occasional delays in transmitting advance monies can occur as a result of a breakdown in the external CHAPS system. No responsibility can be accepted for losses arising from any such delays. |
| Adam & Company |
7 working days |
| Adam & Company International |
7 working days |
| Ahli United Bank (UK) plc | Five business days |
| Aldermore Bank PLC | Our expected requirement is 3 full working days. It is your responsibility to ensure all details on the Certificate of Title are correct (including those relating to your firm) and are accurate before requesting the funds.Occasional delays in transmitting advance monies can occur as a result of a breakdown in the external CHAPS system. No responsibility can be accepted for losses arising from any such delays. |
| Allied Irish Bank (GB), a trading name of AIB Group (UK) | Three days |
| April Mortgages | 5 working days. Funds issued on day of completion. If any other scenarios refer to team - 1.11A. |
| Atom Bank plc | We require your Certificate of Title to be submitted with not less than 3 working days’ notice. |
| Aviva Equity Release UK Ltd | 4 working days. |
| Bank of China | 5 full working days. |
| Bank of Ireland (UK) plc | 3 working days - plus an additional 5 working days if a final inspection of the property is required. |
| Bank of Ireland as Bank of Ireland Mortgages | 3 working days - plus an additional 5 working days if a final inspection of the property is required. |
| Bank of Scotland Beginning A |
Our expected requirement is 3 full working days. It is your responsibility to ensure all details on the Certificate of Title are correct (including those relating to your firm) and are accurate before requesting the funds. If you have an urgent completion and cannot give 3 full working days’ notice, we will endeavour to meet your requirements and will send funds by CHAPS as soon as we have verified the Certificate of Title. A CHAPS fee of £20 will be payable and deducted from the mortgage advance. |
| Bank of Scotland Beginning O |
Our expected requirement is 3 full working days. It is your responsibility to ensure all details on the Certificate of Title are correct (including those relating to your firm) and are accurate before requesting the funds. If you have an urgent completion and cannot give 3 full working days’ notice, we will endeavour to meet your requirements and will send funds by CHAPS as soon as we have verified the Certificate of Title. A CHAPS fee of £20 will be payable and deducted from the mortgage advance. |
| Bank of Scotland Private Banking | |
| Barclays Bank UK PLC | 5 working days |
| Barnsley Building Soc, a trading name Yorkshire Building Soc |
Electronically. No final inspection - we must receive your Certifcate of Title and Request for Advance (the ?Certificate?) at least six working days before completion. Final inspection required - an extra five working days should be allowed. The advance monies will be sent to your client account (you must provide details in the Certificate) on the last working day prior to the completion date. Occasional delays in transmitting advance monies can occur as a result of a breakdown in the external CHAPS system. No responsibility can be accepted for losses arising from any such delays. |
| Birmingham Bank | 3 working days |
| Birmingham Midshires |
Our expected requirement is 3 full working days. It is your responsibility to ensure all details on the Certificate of Title are correct (including those relating to your firm) and are accurate before requesting the funds. If you have an urgent completion and cannot give 3 full working days’ notice, we will endeavour to meet your requirements and will send funds by CHAPS as soon as we have verified the Certificate of Title. |
| Bluestone Mortgages | Five business days. |
| Bradford & Bingley Limited | 5 working days |
| Britannia, a trading name of The Co-operative Bank plc | 5 working days |
| Buckinghamshire Building Society | 5 working days although requests below this will be accomodated wherever possible. |
| Chelsea Building Society (a trading name of Yorkshire BS) |
No final inspection - we must receive your Certificate of Title and Request for Advance (the "Certificate") at least six working days before completion. Final inspection required - an extra five working days should be allowed. The advance monies will be sent to your client account (you must provide details in the Certificate) on the last working day prior to the completion date. Occasional delays in transmitting advance monies can occur as a result of a breakdown in the external CHAPS system. No responsibility can be accepted for losses arising from any such delays. |
| CHL Mortgages | 5 full Working days |
| Clydesdale Bank plc | 5 days. |
| Co-operative Bank plc | Five working days. |
| Coutts | 7 working days |
| Coutts Finance Co | 7 working days. |
| Coventry Building Society | At least 4 working days |
| Cynergy Bank | 4 working days. |
| Danske Bank | At least 5 working days prior to completion or 10 working days where a reinspection or revaluation. |
| Darlington Building Society | 5 days notice - however subject to all special conditions being satisfied we can complete with a minimum of 48 hours notice. |
| DB UK Bank Ltd | 5 working days |
| Dudley Building Society |
Electronically - 3 clear working days |
| Ecology Building Society | 5 days |
| Family Building Soc (a trading name of National Counties BS) | 5 working days. |
| First Direct |
Six (6) working days. You must specify the completion day in the Certificate of Title and also the day on which you would like to receive the mortgage advance (which should either be the working day prior to the completion day or the completion day itself). We will only accept Certificates of Title in electronic form using the prescribed form which is available from Legal instructions for moving home, www.firstdirect.com/legal-instructions. No other form of Certificate of Title or method of submission will be accepted. The CoT submission process must only be used for the CoT and must not include any other documents or queries. You should also ensure that all pre completion queries are resolved prior to submitting the CoT to us, see section 1.11b for Contact Points for queries. NOTE 1: The advance amount should always be in full pounds sterling with no additional pence. Note 2: where there is more than one loan on the mortgage offer, only one Certificate of Title is required |
| Fleet Mortgages | 5 working days. |
| Foundation Home Loans |
5 working days unless otherwise advised. |
| Furness Building Society |
Three clear working days. If a re-inspection is required, 5 working days. |
| GE Money Home Lending Ltd |
GE Money Home Lending has withdrawn from the UK mortgage market. |
| Generation Home | 5 clear working days. |
| Godiva Mortgages Ltd | At least 4 working days |
| Habito | Three working days (72 hours). You must specify the date by which you would like to receive the mortgage advance and also the actual completion date on the Certificate of Title. |
| Halifax |
Our expected requirement is 3 full working days. It is your responsibility to ensure all details on the Certificate of Title are correct (including those relating to your firm) and are accurate before requesting the funds. If you have an urgent completion and cannot give 3 full working days’ notice, we will endeavour to meet your requirements and will send funds by CHAPS as soon as we have verified the Certificate of Title. |
| Halifax Loans Ltd |
3 working days electronically. By cheque only in very urgent cases where it is 24 hours) N.B payment by cheque is only available in exceptional circumstances where the BACS cut-off time has passed. It should not be regarded as an alternative procedure. Our requirement is that 3 working days notice should be given. |
| Hampden & Co. plc | 7 working days. |
| Handelsbanken | 5 working days. |
| Harpenden Building Society | 5 working days from when we have confirmed that all conditions have been satisfied |
| Hinckley and Rugby Building Society | Three working days. |
| Hodge | 5 working days - The advance monies will be sent to your client account (you must provide details in the Certificate of Title) on the last working day prior to the completion date. Occasional delays in transmitting advance monies can occur as a result of a breakdown in the external CHAPS system. No responsibility can be accepted for losses arising from such delays. |
| Hodge Equity Release | 5 working days - The advance monies will be sent to your client account (you must provide details in the Certificate of Title) on the last working day prior to the completion date. Occasional delays in transmitting advance monies can occur as a result of a breakdown in the external CHAPS system. No responsibility can be accepted for losses arising from such delays. |
| Holmesdale Building Society | Ideally 7 days. |
| HSBC UK Bank plc |
Prerequisites for submission: You MUST ensure that all pre completion queries are resolved prior to submitting the Certificate of Title (CoT) to us, see section 1.11b for Contact Points for queries. WARNING: Any pre completion queries outstanding at time of submission or received after CoT submission, will result in rejection of the CoT. A new CoT will then need to be submitted once all queries are resolved. NOTE: where there is more than one loan on the mortgage offer, only one CoT is required. Submission: You MUST give us a minimum of 6 working days’ notice. The CoT must be submitted in electronic form using the LMS Conveyancer Zone Portal. A CoT submitted via any other method or in any other form will not be accepted. You must specify the completion day in the CoT and also the day on which you would like to receive the mortgage advance (which should either be the working day prior to the completion day or the completion day itself). The following CoT fields will be prefilled by HSBC UK and if any change is required, you must contact us in advance to request the change and should not submit the eCOT until the changes have been made and the information is correct: • Borrowers • Property Address • Transfer Price (this field can be edited by you but you must notify us of any change before submitting the CoT) • Mortgage Advance |
| Intelligent Finance |
7 days |
| Investec Bank plc | 5 working days. |
| ITL Mortgages | 4 days |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | 5 working days. |
| Kensington Mortgage Company Ltd | A minimum of 5 Business Days' notice is required from receipt of the Certificate of Title to Completion or 8 Business Days if a re-inspection is required. |
| Kent Reliance (a trading name of OneSavings Bank plc) | 5 working days |
| Keystone Property Finance | 5 working days |
| Landbay Partners Limited |
Note that we normally require a minimum of 5 working days’ notice upon submission of the certification of title. However, there may be extended periods of notice approaching seasonal holidays. If this is the case, we will advise you. |
| Landmark Mortgages Limited |
4 clear working days notice. |
| Leeds Building Society | Five (5) working days. |
| Legal & General Home Finance Ltd | 5 working days. |
| LendInvest | 48 hours |
| LiveMore Capital |
Minimum of 5 working days to proposed completion date. If the Certificate of Title is received by us after 4.00pm on a given working day then for this purpose it will be treated as having been received on the following working day. |
| Lloyds Bank plc pre fixed 20/40 |
Our expected requirement is 3 full working days. It is your responsibility to ensure all details on the Certificate of Title are correct (including those relating to your firm) and are accurate before requesting the funds. If you have an urgent completion and cannot give 3 full working days’ notice, we will endeavour to meet your requirements and will send funds by CHAPS as soon as we have verified the Certificate of Title. A CHAPS fee of £20 will be payable and deducted from the mortgage advance. |
| Lloyds Bank plc pre fixed 50/30/77 |
5 days notice. |
| Lloyds TSB Scotland plc |
5 days notice. |
| M&S Bank | Six working days. You must specify the date by which you would like to receive the mortgage advance, which should be no more than one working day prior to completion, and also the actual completion date on the Certificate of Title |
| Magellan Homeloans | A minimum of 6 of 6 business days from us receiving the original COT |
| Manchester Building Society | At least '3' working days prior to completion. |
| Market Harborough Building Society | 5 working days |
| Masthaven Bank | Five business days. |
| Metro Bank plc | 5 working days. |
| ModaMortgages |
We cannot complete under any circumstance without three working days' notice and the borrower(s) is expected to be available in the UK on the day of completion so we can contact them; if they are not we may delay the release of funds. |
| Molo Finance |
For Buy to Let mortgages we require a minimum of 5 working days notice. The advance monies will be sent to your client account (you must provide details in the Certificate of title) usually the working day before the completion date. Occasional delays in transmitting advance monies can occur. No responsibility can be accepted for losses arising from any such delays. |
| Monmouthshire Building Society |
5 working days |
| Mortgage Agency Services | 10 days |
| Mortgage Express | 5 working days |
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| MPowered Mortgages | 5 working days |
| National Counties Building Society | 5 working days. |
| National Westminster Bank plc |
7 working days. |
| Nationwide Building Society |
5 working days |
| Nedbank Private Wealth Ltd | Our instructions letter gives you the number of days notice required. |
| New Street Mortgages |
5 Working days |
| NRAM Ltd | 4 clear working days notice. |
| Paragon Buy to Let Mortgages |
Seven working days, 10 working days where a reinspection or revaluation report is required. |
| Paragon Residential Owner-Occupied Mortgages | Seven working days, ten working days where a reinspection or revaluation report is required. |
| Paratus AMC Ltd |
5 working days unless otherwise advised. |
| Parity Trust | 5 Days |
| Pepper Money | At least 5 working days prior to completion. |
| Pepper Money (PUK) | At least 5 working days prior to completion. |
| Perenna |
Operational processes require 5 working days' notice from solicitors wishing to complete on the loan however in exceptional circumstances we will facilitate quicker completions to avoid customer detriment or where Perenna is at fault for any delays. PLEASE NOTE: Where less than 5 working days is required for completion an exception process must be followed. Contact must be made to the Mortgage team by either telephone: 0330 341 2013 or Email: conveyancing@perenna.co.uk advising the nature of the exception required and rationale. |
| Platform (a trading name of The Co-operative Bank p.l.c.) | 5 Working days. |
| Precise Mortgages (Charter Court Financial Services Ltd) |
We cannot complete under any circumstances without 3 calendar days' notice and the borrower(s) is expected to be available in the UK on the day of Completion so we can contact them; if they are not we may delay the release of funds. |
| Principality Building Society | 5 working days - The advance monies will be sent to your client account (you must provide details in the Certificate of Title) on the last working day prior to the completion date. Occasional delays in transmitting advance monies can occur as a result of a breakdown in the external CHAPS system. No responsibility can be accepted for losses arising from such delays. |
| Reliance Bank Ltd | 5 working days |
| Rooftop Mortgages Ltd | 7 days. |
| Saffron Building Society | Certificate of Title, the Buildings Insurance Borrower Declaration and supporting documentation/confirmation to satisfy all Special Conditions must be received at least 5 working days before funds are required. Interest is charged from the date funds are released. |
| Sainsbury's Bank | 5 working days. |
| Santander UK plc | Five days. |
| Scottish Building Society | 1 day |
| Scottish Widows Bank | 7 days. |
| Secure Trust Bank PLC | 5 working days. |
| Skipton Building Society | Seven days. We will, without obligation or liability, seek to release funds with less notice provided there are no outstanding issues. Please do not request funds on less than 48 hours notice. |
| St James Place Bank | 7 days. |
| State Bank of India UK | 10 working days. |
| Swansea Building Society | 7 Days |
| The Mortgage Business |
3 full working days. If you have an urgent completion and cannot give 3 full working days notice we will endeavour to release funds by an alternative method and a charge of £30 will be deducted from the mortgage advance. |
| The Mortgage Lender Limited | 5 working days. |
| The Mortgage Works |
5 working days or 10 working days if a re-inspection is required |
| The Royal Bank of Scotland plc | 7 working days. |
| The Royal Bank of Scotland plc Direct Line Mortgages | 7 working days. |
| The Royal Bank of Scotland plc Direct Line One | 7 working days. |
| The Royal Bank of Scotland plc First Active | 7 working days. |
| The Royal Bank of Scotland plc Natwest one Account | 7 working days. |
| The Royal Bank of Scotland plc One Account | 7 working days. |
| The Royal Bank of Scotland plc Virgin One | 7 working days. |
| The Tipton & Coseley Building Society | 5 working days. |
| Together Personal Finance Limited | Three working days from receipt by the Lender of a satisfactory Certificate/Report on Title. |
| Topaz Finance Ltd | 5 working days. |
| TSB Bank plc |
5 working days' notice. Funds will be released on the day of completion stated on Certificate of Title. However, if funds are required the working day before completion, please enter this date as the completion date in the ECoT. This will be the date that we release funds to you. When requesting funds for the working day before completion, please be aware that interest is charged from the day funds are released. Where completion is set for the first working day of the month and funds are to be released the working day before, the customers first payment will be collected that month i.e. requests for funds on the 30 November for completion on 1 December, the customers first payment will be taken in December. When requesting funds for the working day before completion please ensure all customers are aware and are in agreement as interest will accrue from the day funds are released and this will affect their first monthly payment date and amount. Please also note our answer to 10.3 in relation to the amount of the loan funds you will receive. |
| Ulster Bank | 7 working days. |
| Vida Homeloans | A minimum of 5 Business Days' notice is required from receipt of the Certificate of Title to Completion or 8 Business Days if a re-inspection is required. |
| Virgin Money |
No later than 5pm on the working day before completion. |
| Whistletree (a trading name of TSB Bank plc) | 4 clear working days notice |
| Yorkshire Bank Home Loans Ltd | 5 days. |
| Yorkshire Building Society |
No final inspection - we must receive your Certificate of Title and Request for Advance (the "Certificate") at least six working days before completion. Final inspection required - an extra five working days should be allowed. The advance monies will be sent to your client account (you must provide details in the Certificate) on the last working day prior to the completion date. Occasional delays in transmitting advance monies can occur as a result of a breakdown in the external CHAPS system. No responsibility can be accepted for losses arising from any such delays. |
| Zephyr Homeloans | 5 working days. |