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Prepare for settlement

Use this page when a Transaction is moving toward settlement and your team needs to check what is ready.

Synthetic example of settlement readiness in a Transaction

  • Check the current settlement date.
  • Check whether your firm acts for the purchaser or vendor.
  • Confirm that conditions and title issues have been handled under your firm’s process.
  1. Open the Transaction.
  2. Check Workflow for outstanding pre-settlement tasks.
  3. Check Documents, Undertakings, Settlement Statement, and Lending where they apply.
  4. Record evidence for completed external confirmations.
  5. Escalate anything that prevents your firm from being ready to settle.
  • Purchaser-side work may include funding, lender, transfer, A&I, and settlement statement checks.
  • Vendor-side work may include discharge, payout, undertakings, authority, and settlement statement checks.
  • Seller-lender payout information is confidential and must stay visible only to the correct legal side.

When preparation is ready, use Check settlement readiness before settlement day.

Torrens can organise and record preparation. It does not complete Landonline certification, lender instructions, banking, trust-account work, counterparty work, or professional settlement decisions for your firm.