My apartment in Enfield is up for sale and I have a purchaser. Does the conveyancing practitioner need to be required to be on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel in order to deal with paying off my mortgage?
Ordinarily, even if your lawyer is not on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel they can still act for you on your sale. It might be that the lender will not release the original deeds (if applicable and increasingly irrelevant) until after the mortgage is paid off. You should speak to your lawyer directly before you start the process though to ensure that there is no problem as lenders are changing their conditions fairly frequently in recent years.
I'm the single recipient of my late grandmother’s estate with all property in now in my sole name, including the my former home in Enfield. The Enfield property was put into my name in October. I now wish to sell up. I understand that there is a CML six month 'rule', which means that my proprietorship will be considered the same way as though I had purchased the property in October. Is the property unsalable for six months?
The CML handbook instructs conveyancers to: "report to us immediately if the owner or registered proprietor has been registered for less than six months." By the strict wording you may be affected by that. Most lenders would take a pragmatic view as this provision is principally there to identify the purchase and immediately sell or the quick reselling of properties.
I had an offer accepted on a house in Enfield on 16/9/2025, valuation was booked 3 days after, all came back fine. Property lawyer instructed, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Barclays and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Barclays conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
A lender would not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Barclays to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Barclays conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
Aldermore have agreed my home loan in principle, my bid on a flat in Enfield has been accepted, what are the next steps?
Your estate agent will want to be informed of your property lawyer's details (ensure that the solicitors are on the bank’s panel). Telephone Aldermore or your financial adviser and finalise any outstanding forms. Aldermore will sellect a valuer who will get in contact with the selling agent or owners to book an appointment. Once carried out (assuming no problems) it takes approximately a week to receive the mortgage offer. Aldermore will issue the offer to you and your lawyers. The legal work will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Enfield.
Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Enfield?
Restrictive covenants can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Enfield. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’
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I have been recommended a conveyancing solicitor in Enfield. I need to find out if they are listed on the lender's approved list of lawyers. Can you assist?
You should call your lawyer and ask them if they are on the lender's approved list. If that does not help get in touch with us and we can investigate and revert. Should the firm not be on the conveyancing panel we can certainly arrange a quality conveyancing solicitor in Enfield on the approved list for your lender.