A mortgage agreement from Santander for the remortgage of my 4 bedroom apartment is to be issued within the next few days. Are you able to propose a cheap conveyancing solicitor in Frognal?
You are on the wrong site if you are in need of the lowest fares for conveyancing in Frognal. We can offer you cost effective conveyancing but we do not work with the cheapest lawyers. Resist the temptation to appoint organisations offering the bait of £99 conveyancing in Frognal. Optimistically, in choosing a lawyer for low cost conveyancing, you will earn what you pay for and at worst it will result in you being stung for extras and still not receive the service expected.
We were just about to exchange contracts for a property in Frognal. We encountered a snag. Our mortgage offer with Nationwide Building Society expires on 21/9/2026 but the vendors are putting forward a completion date of 23/9/2026. Is it possible to extend the loan expiry date?
The best person to deal with your concern is your solicitors who should calculate if they should be discussing with the lender, owner’s lawyers, property agents or indeed all three given the history of your house move to date.
My fiance and I are purchasing a 3 bedroom apartment in Frognal with a mortgage from Santander.We have a Frognal conveyancing solicitor but Santander says she’s not listed on their approved list of member firms. We have to appoint a Santander panel firm or keep our high street solicitor and fork out for one of their panel ones to act for them. This seems very unfair; Can we not simply insist that Santander use our lawyer?
Unfortunately,no. The mortgage offered to you contains various provisions, one of which will be that conveyancers must be on the Santander approved list. in the past, most lenders had large numbers of solicitors on their panels: a borrower could find one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your lawyer to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for Santander
is it true that all Frognal solicitors on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel are overseen by the SRA?
As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Yorkshire BS approved list of solicitors they would need to be governed by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. Some mortgage companies do allow licenced conveyancers on their panel and in that case the organisation would be regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
Planning on purchasing a apartment in Frognal. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.
They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Frognal property lawyer is on the Nationwide conveyancing panel.
My offer was accepted on an apartment in Frognal on 11/6/2026, valuation was booked 3 days after, received a clean bill of health. Solicitor retained, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to Co-operative and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the Co-operative 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 Co-operative to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Co-operative conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
What can a local search tell me about the house my wife and I buying in Frognal?
Frognal conveyancing often commences with the ordering local authority searches directly from your local Authority or via a personal search company such as Searches UK The local search is essential in every Frognal conveyancing purchase; as long as you don’t want any nasty surprises after you move into your new home. The search should supply data on, amongst other things, details on planning applications applicable to the premises (whether granted or refused), building control history, any enforcement action, restrictions on permitted development, nearby road schemes, contaminated land and radon gas; in all a total of thirteen subject sections.
I'm refinancing my current home to a BTL loan with National Westminster Bank and I will use the rest of the raised equity towards further house. The location we are talking about is Frognal. Will your solicitors be able to act for the two banks and tie in the conveyances?
Do use our search tool on this site to be sure that the conveyancers are approved by both banks. Assuming that they are the conveyancer should be able to tie up the two deals but you should have a chat with you lawyer and specify your expectations and requirements.