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Question: 12.3.1. If different from 1.11, contact point for release of retentions/mortgage advance instalments:

Lender Answer
Accord Buy to Let As 1.11a.
Accord Mortgages Ltd As 1.11a
Adam & Company See 1.11
Adam & Company International See 1.11

Ahli United Bank (UK) plc Central Administration Unit
Aldermore Bank PLC As 14.2.1.
Allied Irish Bank (GB), a trading name of AIB Group (UK) Refer to AIB Group (UK) plc, Central Securities (GB), 92 Anne Street, Belfast, BT1 3H
April Mortgages As per 1.11
Atom Bank plc As per 1.11
Aviva Equity Release UK Ltd We do not make retentions.
Bank of China mortgage.admin@bank-of-china.com
Bank of Ireland (UK) plc See 1.11.
Bank of Ireland as Bank of Ireland Mortgages See 1.11.
Bank of Scotland Beginning A Customer Service Centre, PO Box 1HA tel no. 0345 8500842 option 1
Bank of Scotland Beginning O Bank of Scotland Plc, Mortgage Operations, Pentland House, 8 Lochside Avenue, Edinburgh, EH12 9DJ. Tel: 0345 603 1136 Fax: 0131 339 2366
Bank of Scotland Private Banking  
Barclays Bank UK PLC Issuing Office
Barnsley Building Soc, a trading name Yorkshire Building Soc As 1.11a.
Better HomeOwnership (Mortgages) See 1.11
Birmingham Bank We don't allow retentions or instalments
Birmingham Midshires Post Completions Team at the office issuing the mortgage instructions.
Bluestone Mortgages As per 1.11.
Bradford & Bingley Limited As 1.11a
Britannia, a trading name of The Co-operative Bank plc Britannia New Lending Britannia House Leek Staffordshire Moorlands ST13 5RG or Britannia New Lending DX 16351 Leek. Telephone and Fax numbers as shown on the letter enclosing the Offer of Advance
Buckinghamshire Building Society Buckinghamshire Building Society, High Street,
Chalfont St Giles, Bucks,
HP8 4QB
e-mail mortgages@bucksbs.co.uk
Tel: 01494 879517
Fax: 01494 877259
Chelsea Building Society (a trading name of Yorkshire BS) As 1.11a.
CHL Mortgages As per 1.11.
Clydesdale Bank plc The team at Clydesdale Bank
Sunderland
SR43 4JE
Tel – 0800 121 4203

Co-operative Bank plc See 1.11a earlier.
Coutts See 1.11
Coutts Finance Co See 1.11
Coventry Building Society Completions Dept.
Oakfield House,
PO Box 600, Binley,
Coventry,
CV3 9YR

Tel. 02476 839357
Fax. 024 76839275
Cynergy Bank As per 1.11.a
Danske Bank As at 1.11a
Darlington Building Society Customer Support Department, Principal Office
DB UK Bank Ltd db mortgages
PO Box 890
Newport
NP20 9LZ
Tel: 0845 650 6281
DX Address - not available
Dudley Building Society As 1.11a
Ecology Building Society As 1.7
Family Building Soc (a trading name of National Counties BS) Family Service Team, Ebbisham House, 30 Church Street, Epsom, Surrey KT17 4NL
Email: mortgage.service@familybsoc.co.uk
First Direct  
Fleet Mortgages See 1.11a
Foundation Home Loans We do not offer retentions or phased funds release.
Furness Building Society As 1.11a
GE Money Home Lending Ltd GE Money Home Lending has withdrawn from the UK mortgage market.
Gen H We do not agree retentions of phased funds release.
Godiva Mortgages Ltd Completions Dept.
Oakfield House,
PO Box 600, Binley,
Coventry,
CV3 9YR

Tel. 02476 839357
Fax. 024 76839275
Habito as per 1.11
Halifax Customer Service Centre. (see offer for address and fax number)
Halifax Loans Ltd Halifax Loans Limited, Trinity Road, Halifax, HX1 2RG
Hampden & Co. plc See 1.11
Handelsbanken Refer to Branch office instructing you.
Harpenden Building Society As 1.11a
Hinckley and Rugby Building Society Principal Office, Mortgage Department, Advances Section.
Hodge We no longer offer retentions
Hodge Equity Release We do not make retentions
Holmesdale Building Society Lender.
HSBC UK Bank plc  
Intelligent Finance Securities, Intelligent Finance, PO Box 890, Leeds, LS1 9UG


Investec Bank plc See 1.11
ITL Mortgages Completions Dept.
Oakfield House,
PO Box 600, Binley,
Coventry,
CV3 9YR

Tel. 02476 839357
Fax. 024 76839275
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Refer to Solicitors Instructions.
Kensington Mortgage Company Ltd Kensington Mortgages, New Business Operations Centre, Ascot House, Maidenhead Office Park, Maidenhead, SL6 3QQ. Tel: 03444 990011 Fax: 03444 990022.
Kent Reliance (a trading name of OneSavings Bank plc)  
Keystone Property Finance N/A
Landbay Partners Limited N/A
Landmark Mortgages Limited New Mortgage Completions
Landmark Mortgages
PO Box 656
Durham
DH1 9LY

Tel - 0330 159 7152
Leeds Building Society As per 1.11a.
Legal & General Home Finance Ltd Same as 11.1a
LendInvest See 1.11a
LiveMore Capital N/A
Lloyds Bank plc pre fixed 20/40 Mortgage Processing. Please see 1.11.
Lloyds Bank plc pre fixed 50/30/77 Not applicable.
Lloyds TSB Scotland plc Not applicable.
M&S Bank We do not make retentions or offer instalment mortgages
Magellan Homeloans  
Manchester Building Society Mortgage Processing Department.
Market Harborough Building Society As per 1.7
Masthaven Bank As per 1.11.
Metro Bank plc As per 1.11.
ModaMortgages Retentions are not normally acceptable, and lending must be based on the current value of the property, which must represent suitable security at the time of completion.
Molo Finance As 1.11a.
Monmouthshire Building Society Lending Operations Department
Monmouthshire Building Society
Monmouthshire House
John Frost Square
Newport
NP20 1PX
Mortgage Agency Services Mortgage Agency Services PO Box 138 Plymouth Devon PL1 1XY
Mortgage Express As 1.11a
Mortgage Express No 2  
MPowered Mortgages N/A
National Counties Building Society Mortgage Account Service Team, Ebbisham House, 30 Church Street, Epsom, Surrey KT17 4NL
Email: mortgage.service@ncbs.co.uk
National Westminster Bank plc As 1.11a
Nationwide Building Society Issuing Office

Persimmon Retention Scheme - Nationwide accept the Persimmon Retention Scheme and Conveyancers do not need to obtain our consent. We are not involved in the retention process and will release 100% of the mortgage funds to the Conveyancer as normal. It is then between Persimmon, the buyer and their Conveyancer (and the warrantee provider where required) to arbitrate.
Nedbank Private Wealth Ltd Please refer to us.
New Street Mortgages N/A. New Street will not hold retentions or release funds in stages
NRAM Ltd See 1.11a
Paragon Buy to Let Mortgages As 1.11a.
Paragon Residential Owner-Occupied Mortgages As 1.11a.
Paratus AMC Ltd Customer Services Department, Foundation Home Loans Limited, 5 Arlington Square, Downshire Way, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1WA or DX 122530 Bracknell (2). Email:customerservicesreferrals@foundationhomeloans.co.uk/ Tel: 0344 770 8030
Parity Trust As 1.7
Pepper Money We do not lend under these circumstances.
Pepper Money (PUK) We do not lend under these circumstances.
Perenna Please contact our Mortgage Servicing team by either telephone: 0333 344 2833 or
Email: mortgageservicing@perenna.co.uk
Platform (a trading name of The Co-operative Bank p.l.c.) Refer to Customer Services Dept, PO Box 237, Plymouth, PL1 1WG or DX 133791 Plymouth 13.
Precise Mortgages (Charter Court Financial Services Ltd) We do not lend Residential & Buy-to-Let mortgage facilities under these circumstances.

For Bridging Lending contact the Completions Team at the address stated on the mortgage offer/instructions.
Principality Building Society Completions Team
Mortgage New Business
PO Box 89
Queen Street
CARDIFF
CF10 1UA
0330 333 4021
Reliance Bank Ltd mortgages@reliancebankltd.com or
0207 398 5422 - Option 1 Discuss New Lending/Option 2 Discuss existing Reliance Bank Mortgage
Rooftop Mortgages Ltd Refer to the Solicitors instructions.
Saffron Building Society Mortgage.processing@saffronbs.co.uk for the initial advance

Mortgage.servicing@saffronbs.co.uk for subsequent release of retentions/mortgage advance instalments

Telephone 01799 582920
Fax 01799 581901
Saffron Building Society, Saffron House, 1A. Market Street, Saffron Walden, Essex. CB10 1HX

Sainsbury's Bank Contact point as detailed in 1.11a.
Santander UK plc Refer to Mortgage Operations office instructing you.
Scottish Building Society  
Scottish Widows Bank New Business Processing (see 1.11a).
Secure Trust Bank PLC As 14.2.1
Skipton Building Society Completions Team via LMS Secure Link
St James Place Bank Mortgage Administration, St James's Place Bank, Administration Centre, PO Box 1869, Livingston EH54 7XS
State Bank of India UK As 1.11a.
Swansea Building Society 11/12 Cradock Street
Swansea
SA1 3EW
01792 739100
The Mortgage Business The Mortgage Business, PO Box 548, Leeds LS1 1WU Fax no. 0845 6039009
The Mortgage Lender Limited completions@themortgagelender.com

Tel: 0344 257 0426
The Mortgage Works Originations
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc As detailed above in 1.11a.
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc Direct Line Mortgages As detailed above 1.11a.
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc Direct Line One As detailed above in 1.11a.
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc First Active As detailed above in 1.11a.
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc Natwest one Account As detailed above in 1.11a.
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc One Account As detailed above in 1.11a.
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc Virgin One As detailed above in 1.11a.
The Tipton & Coseley Building Society Mortgage Department.
Together Personal Finance Limited N/A - Retentions and instalments are not considered.
Topaz Finance Ltd Address and telephone number on Offer of Advance.
TSB Bank plc Not applicable.
Ulster Bank As detailed above in 1.11a.
Vida Homeloans Vida Homeloans does not offer retentions.
Virgin Money Mortgage Processing
Operations
Virgin Money
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 4PL
Solicitor Helpline: 0845 604 4858
Solicitor Email: postoffer@virginmoney.com
Whistletree (a trading name of TSB Bank plc) Details as 1.11a
Yorkshire Bank Home Loans Ltd The team at Yorkshire Bank
Sunderland
SR43 4JF
Tel – 0800 121 4203

Yorkshire Building Society As 1.11a.
Zephyr Homeloans Address and telephone number on Offer of Advance.