7. Preparing for and Effecting Completion
Transfer drafting, completion statements, requisitions, searches, mortgage advance, undertakings, funds and completion mechanics.
How to study the CPQ Foundation stage
Prepare each separately assessed component on its own terms, then connect law, regulation, client service and research across the full stage.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Preparation aligns the transfer, financial statement, mortgage, searches and execution.
Exam cue: Reconcile the completion statement before requesting funds.
Concept 2
Pre-completion checks protect priority, solvency and lender requirements.
Exam cue: Repeat the priority and bankruptcy checks at the correct time.
Concept 3
Completion transfers funds and documents under agreed mechanics and professional undertakings.
Exam cue: Record receipt, release, keys, deeds and undertakings.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Using an unapproved transfer form.
Guardrail: Do not mix module boundaries, confuse marks with item counts, exceed professional authority or rely on an outdated or unverified legal source.
Requesting too little or too much mortgage advance.
Guardrail: Do not mix module boundaries, confuse marks with item counts, exceed professional authority or rely on an outdated or unverified legal source.
Treating an undertaking as informal.
Guardrail: Do not mix module boundaries, confuse marks with item counts, exceed professional authority or rely on an outdated or unverified legal source.
Memory anchors
Completion pack
Transfer, statement, searches, mortgage, funds and undertakings.
Final checks
Priority, bankruptcy, execution and cleared money.
Completion moment
Funds move, documents release and keys become available.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
What should the seller's conveyancer obtain from the lender before promising discharge?
Why should the redemption figure cover the intended completion date?
Answer all questions to submit.
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Move forward only after this module is stable.
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