Right First Time - top tips to help your application sail through

25 April 2025 | 1 minute read
by Katie Newell-Tucker

By popular demand, we have collated all the information you may need when submitting an application, including mandatory documents, valuations process and solicitor panels.

Our Right-first-time page outlines everything we need to get your application offered as quickly as possible, and how to contact us if you have an unusual scenario.

It includes information about:

What documents are mandatory in the portal
Valuations
The solicitor panel
Offer timings

and other useful advice on pitfalls to avoid.

Check the 'Right first time' list

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