My wife and I are planning to acquire a home in Glenfield and are in fact using a Glenfield conveyancing firm. Within the last couple of days our property lawyer has forwarded the sale agreement to be signed with a detailed report with the expectation that exchange is imminent. Accord Mortgages Ltd have this evening contacted us to advise us that they have now hit a problem as our Glenfield lawyer is not on their conveyancing panel. Please explain?
When purchasing a property with the benefit of a mortgage it is standard for the purchasers' solicitors to also represent the purchaser's lender. In order to act for a bank or building society a law firm has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the law firm to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict criteria which the firm has to satisfy and indeed some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your solicitor should contact your lender and see if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You are not legally obliged to appoint a law firm on the lender’s conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Glenfield lawyers, in which case your legal fees may increase, and it will likely delay the transaction as you are adding another lawyer into the mix.
How up to date is your database of Glenfield solicitors on the Nottingham conveyancing panel? Do Nottingham send you an updated list?
Glenfield conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Nottingham conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Nottingham directly.
I am helping my step-mother sell her property in Glenfield. Does the solicitor order the energy performance certificate or it is for me to coordinate?
After the abolition of Home Information Packs, energy assessments remained a required element of moving property. An energy assessment must be to hand in advance of the property being advertised. It is not something that conveyancers normally organise. Where you are instructing a Glenfield conveyancing practitioner they may help arrange energy assessments given their relationships with long established local energy assessors
How can we tell if a Glenfield conveyancing solicitor on the RBS panel is any good?
When it comes to conveyancing in Glenfield seeking recommendations is a sensible start. Before you go ahead, check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also, you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more, will often provide a better service than one which is cheap as chips. We would always recommend that you speak with the lawyer handling your transaction.
My offer was accepted on a house in Glenfield on 12/11/2025, valuation was booked 2 days later, all came back fine. Solicitor appointed, so the only thing outstanding was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Bank of Ireland and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. Are Bank of Ireland entitled to hold back the Mortgage pending the lawyer being on the approved list?
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Bank of Ireland to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I have justbecome aware that Wolstenholmes have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in Glenfield for a purchase of a freehold house 12 months ago. How can I establish that the property is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?
The easiest method to see if the premises is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Glenfield conveyancing specialists.
My husband and I are a couple of weeks into a freehold purchase having been directed to a firm by the local agent to handle our conveyancing in Glenfield. We are not happy. Can you you assist me in finding new solicitors?
A lawyer would need to be very poor to suggest replacing them. Has the mortgage been generated? In the event that it has you need to make them aware of the replacement solicitor and ensure the mortgage documents are re-issued. Your new solicitor ideally should be on the banks approved list to avoid escalating fees and complications. That should be your first question of the new lawyers. Our find a solicitor tool will assist you in finding a bank approved conveyancer for your conveyancing in Glenfield
What can I do to establish who is the owner of a property in Glenfield?
Provided the premises is recorded at the Land Registry, and you have sufficient details of the location of the property, you should be able to obtain details from the the Land Registry of the registered proprietor for a fee.