We are buying a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Hingham who is on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. Can you recommend a local solicitor?
Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Bank of Ireland . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Hingham.
We are planning to purchase with Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. We have called around locally but am struggling to find a Hingham conveyancing firm on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society approved list. Please you assist?
Feel free to take advantage of the search tool on this page. Pick the building society and type Hingham or your location and you will see a number of lawyer offices in Hingham or near you.
Is there a list of Bank of Ireland panel conveyancers in Hingham on the Council of Mortgage Lender’s Website?
Unfortunately not yet. There is no such tool on the CML or Building Society Association websites. Very few mortgage companies make their panel listings open the public on the web. Where you are seeking to appoint a Hingham property lawyer on the Bank of Ireland please use our tool.
I recently had an offer agreed on a house in Hingham. My mortgage broker suggested a lawyer. I paid an on account payment of £175. A couple of days later, the solicitor contacted me to say that they were not on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Co-operative panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
My offer was accepted on an apartment in Hingham on 24/3/2026, valuation was booked 3 days later, all came back fine. Property lawyer appointed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Lloyds and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Are Lloyds 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 Lloyds to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold element on a property I put an offer in two weeks back in what was supposed to be a straight forward, chain free conveyancing. Hingham is where the house is located. Is there any guidance you can give?
Flying freeholds in Hingham are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even where you use a solicitor outside Hingham you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your mortgage company may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Hingham may decide that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold premises.
We are 3 weeks into a freehold purchase having been recommend to a firm by the local agent to handle our conveyancing in Hingham. I am not happy. Can you you assist me in finding new conveyancers?
A conveyancer would have to be very bad in order to consider changing them. Has the mortgage been sent? If so you must make them aware of the new lawyer and get the loan are re-issued. The solicitor ideally should be on the banks panel to avoid supplemental expenses and complications. That should be your first question of the new solicitors. The search tool should help you find a bank approved conveyancer for your home move in Hingham
Do I cancel the direct debit for my mortgage with Kent Reliance as soon as a completion date for my sale in Hingham has been set?
No, you should maintain paying any mortgage payments to Kent Reliance until the mortgage is discharged on completion as part of your Hingham conveyancing.