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Question: 5.7.1. If the lender is prepared to accept a title falling within 5.7 and the property is a freehold flat or flying freehold, to which contact point must this be reported?

Lender Answer
Accord Buy to Let Not Applicable.
Accord Mortgages Ltd As 1.11a
Adam & Company See 1.11
Adam & Company International See 1.11


Ahli United Bank (UK) plc N/A
Aldermore Bank PLC As 1.11.
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 There is no need to report to the lender providing the conditions listed within 5.7 can be met.
For any other cases or where clarification is required, please refer to Mortgages Team, as per 1.11.
Aviva Equity Release UK Ltd See 1.11
Bank of China mortgages@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 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 Beginning O Address and telephone number on the Mortgage Offer.
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 Please refer to mortgages@birminghambank.com to discuss
Birmingham Midshires Completions Team at office issuing mortgage instructions. See Offer for contact details.
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 New Lending Department,
Oakfield House,
PO Box 600, Binley,
Coventry,
CV3 9YR
Cynergy Bank As per 1.11.a
Danske Bank As for 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) Loans Underwriting Department, Ebbisham House, 30 Church Street, Epsom, Surrey KT17 4NL
Email: loansunderwriting@familybsoc.co.uk
First Direct See 1.11a
Fleet Mortgages See 11.1a
Foundation Home Loans See 1.11a
Furness Building Society As 1.11a
GE Money Home Lending Ltd GE Money Home Lending has withdrawn from the UK mortgage market.
Gen H Please contact us through Secure Link which is accessed via LMS Conveyancer Zone.
Godiva Mortgages Ltd New Lending Department,
Oakfield House,
PO Box 600, Binley,
Coventry,
CV3 9YR
Habito as per 1.11
Halifax Customer Service Centre (see offer for address and fax number)
Halifax Loans Ltd Mortgage Helpdesk, Mortgage Operations, 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, Completions Team
Hodge as per 1.11a
Hodge Equity Release As per 1.11a
Holmesdale Building Society Lender.
HSBC UK Bank plc See 1.11

Intelligent Finance Securities, Intelligent Finance, PO Box 890, Leeds, LS1 9UG


Investec Bank plc See 1.11
ITL Mortgages New Lending Department,
Oakfield House,
PO Box 600, Binley,
Coventry,
CV3 9YR
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. N/A
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) Provided only part of the subject property is affected by a flying freehold and the requirements of part 1 paragraphs 5.7.2 are adhered to there is no requirement to report
Keystone Property Finance As 1.11a
Landbay Partners Limited If the property is a freehold flat, this is not applicable as we do not lend on freehold flats; in relation to 5.7.1a, see 1.11a Legals@landbay.co.uk.
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 1.11a
LendInvest See 1.11a
LiveMore Capital As 1.11a
Lloyds Bank plc pre fixed 20/40 Mortgage Processing. Please see 1.11.
Lloyds Bank plc pre fixed 50/30/77 Mortgage Processing. Please see 1.11a
Lloyds TSB Scotland plc Mortgage Processing. Please see 1.11a
M&S Bank We will only accept freehold flats where the security will compromise the freehold of the full building within which the flat is contained or where the legal arrangements for freehold flats are satisfactory and accepted in the local market (for example, Scotland)
Magellan Homeloans Magellan Homeloans
Ashcombe House
5 The Crescent
Leatherhead,
Surrey,
KT22 8DY
Manchester Building Society Underwriting Department.
Market Harborough Building Society As per 1.7
Masthaven Bank As per 1.11.
Metro Bank plc As per 1.11.
ModaMortgages Not applicable.
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 As 1.11a
National Counties Building Society Loans Underwriting Department, Ebbisham House, 30 Church Street, Epsom, Surrey KT17 4NL
Email: loansunderwriting@ncbs.co.uk
National Westminster Bank plc As 1.11a
Nationwide Building Society Issuing Office
Nedbank Private Wealth Ltd You must refer to us.
New Street Mortgages New Street Mortgages, PO Box 4761, Maidenhead, SL60 1HW. Tel: 0333-300-3100, Fax: 0333-300-3132, email: enquiries@newstreetmortgages.com
NRAM Ltd See 1.11a
Paragon Buy to Let Mortgages As 1.11a.
Paragon Residential Owner-Occupied Mortgages As 1.11a.
Paratus AMC Ltd Queries relating to flying freehold only should be directed to: New Business Department, Foundation Home Loans, 5 Arlington Square, Downshire Way, Bracknell, RG12 1WA
email: FHL@foundationhomeloans.co.uk
Tel: 0344 770 8033
Parity Trust As 1.7
Pepper Money Pepper Money Completions Department Tel No. 0333 370 1101 or email lendingenquiries@pepper.money
Pepper Money (PUK) Pepper Money Completions Department Tel No. 0333 370 1101 or email lendingenquiries@pepper.money
Perenna There is no need to report to the lender providing the conditions listed within 5.7 can be met.

For any other cases or where clarification is required, please contact our Mortgage team by either telephone: 0330 341 2013 or Email: conveyancing@perenna.co.uk
Platform (a trading name of The Co-operative Bank p.l.c.) Refer to office issuing Mortgage Instructions.
Precise Mortgages (Charter Court Financial Services Ltd) See 1.11a.
Principality Building Society As in 1.7:
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 n/a
Saffron Building Society There is no need to report to us provided the conditions of 5.7 are met.
Sainsbury's Bank Provided that our requirements in 5.7.1a and/or 5.7.1b above are satisfied, there is no need to report this to us.
Santander UK plc Refer to Mortgage Operations office instructing you.
Scottish Building Society If the answer to 5.7.1 is changed to yes, then the answer is, for flying freehold. as per 1.11a.
Scottish Widows Bank New Business Processing (see 1.11a).
Secure Trust Bank PLC As 1.11
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 If the property is a freehold flat, this is not applicable as we do not lend on freehold flats; in relation to 5.7.1a, see 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 in 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 Completions Team
Together Personal Finance Limited
1st Floor, Lake View
Lakeside
Cheadle
Cheshire
SK8 3GW
Email: completions@togethermoney.com
Tel: 0161-933-7042 (ask for Completions team)
Topaz Finance Ltd Topaz Finance Limited
Gateway House, Gargrave Road,
Skipton,
North Yorkshire,
BD23 2HL
0345 389 1672
TSB Bank plc Mortgage Processing. Please see 1.11a
Ulster Bank As detailed above in 1.11a.
Vida Homeloans As 1.11a
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 Topaz Finance Limited
Gateway House, Gargrave Road,
Skipton,
North Yorkshire,
BD23 2HL
0345 389 1672