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Tag: Cladding and Building Safety

  • Two Documents, One Transaction

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    Simon Seaton
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    A lender’s published mortgage criteria and its instructions to conveyancers serve different purposes, but both can affect whether a property transaction completes. The practical question is how an underwriting requirement reaches the solicitor responsible for investigating title and reporting to the lender. If the connection is unclear, an issue may need further consideration after a…

  • Skipton Sets New BSA Requirements

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    Simon Seaton
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    Skipton Building Society have made a number of recent changes to their P2 Handbook instructions. In answer to the question ‘Does the lender have any specific instructions about building safety?’ the new instructions are as follows: ‘Our Offer has been made on the basis that the building is of a construction type (i.e. traditional masonry)…