How do I know if a solicitor is on a mortgage panel?
When you buy, sell or remortgage a property, your lender will usually insist that your solicitor is on their approved legal panel. Choosing a firm that is already on your lender’s panel saves a lot of time, it avoids the duplication of legal work, and it prevents the additional costs by needing separate representation. You may ask, how do I know if a solicitor is on a mortgage panel? Either your broker will be able to find out if your chosen solicitor is on a specific lender’s panel, you can telephone the bank directly, or you can check online to see if a solicitor has advertised that they are on a panel for a particular bank.
Ola Leslie Solicitors LLP are approved panel solicitors for virtually all major banks, building societies and specialist lenders in the UK.
We are Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) accredited, a Law Society standard that is a mandatory requirement for most high street lenders.
We also have four SRA-approved managers/partners, which satisfies the eligibility criteria of a number of specialist and private lenders who require this level of supervision and compliance assurance.
We are on the panel for the following lenders (the list is non-exhaustive):
High Street Banks
- Accord Mortgages
- Bank of Ireland
- Bank of Scotland
- Barclays
- Clydesdale
- Co-operative Bank
- First Direct
- Halifax
- HSBC UK Bank plc
- HSBC Private Bank
- Lloyds Bank
- Metro Bank
- NatWest
- Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
- Santander
- Scottish Widows
- TSB
- Virgin Money
Building Societies
- Bath Building Society
- Bradford & Bingley Building Society
- Britannia Building Society
- Buckinghamshire Building Society
- Cambridge Building Society
- Chelsea Building Society
- Chorley Building Society
- Cumberland Building Society
- Darlington Building Society
- Dudley Building Society
- Furness Building Society
- Harpenden Building Society
- Hinckley & Rugby Building Society
- Ipswich Building Society
- Leeds Building Society (for personal borrowers)
- Leek Building Society
- Loughborough Building Society
- Market Harborough Building Society
- Marsden Building Society
- Melton Mowbray Building Society
- Monmouthshire Building Society
- Newbury Building Society
- Newcastle Building Society
- Nottingham Building Society
- Principality Building Society
- Saffron Building Society
- Skipton Building Society
- The Family Building Society
- Tipton & Coseley Building Society
- West Bromwich
- Yorkshire Building Society
Specialist, Buy-to-Let, HMO and Limited Company Lenders
- Aldermore
- Barclays Commercial
- Birmingham Midshires
- Bluestone
- CHL
- Cynergy
- Fleet Mortgages
- Foundation Home Loans
- Gen H
- Hampshire Trust Bank
- Investec
- Kensington Mortgages
- Kent Reliance (for personal borrowers)
- Keystone Property Finance
- LiveMore Capital
- Metro Bank
- Moda Mortgages
- Molo UK
- Molo International
- Nottingham Building Society
- Paragon
- Paratus AMC Ltd
- Pepper Money
- Platform Home Loans
- Precise Mortgages
- Quantum Mortgages
- The Mortgage Lender Ltd
- The Mortgage Works (TMW)
- Vida Homeloans
- Zephyr Mortgages
Other Lenders
- Better Homeownership
- Danske Bank
- Northern Rock / NRAM
- Rooftop Mortgages
- Sainsbury’s Bank
- Tesco Bank
- The Mortgage Business (TMB)
- Together Commercial Finance (with split representation)
- Together Personal Finance
- Topaz
Lender Portals
- Lender Exchange
- LMS
- LMS Select
- Smoove
- ULS
Help to Buy & Government Schemes
- Help to Buy ISA
- Nationwide Building Society
Why This Matters
Being on your lender’s panel means:
- Your transaction proceeds faster and more efficiently because one firm can act for both you and your lender.
- You avoid paying two sets of legal fees.
- Your solicitor already understands the lender’s specific reporting and compliance requirements.
- Lenders trust us to protect their interests and yours, ensuring smooth completion from offer to registration.
We are eligible to act on behalf of borrowers in their personal capacity, or for their limited company or offshore company, who obtain specialist/private/bridging/development loans (for first and second charges, and equitable charges) from the following institutions:
- Affirmative
- Albatross Capital
- Allica Bank
- Alternative Bridging Corporation
- APEX
- Aspen Bridging Limited
- Aura Finance
- Cambridge & Counties
- Charles Street
- Crowd Funding
- FBSE
- Funding 365
- Interbay
- KSEYE
- Kuflink
- Gemini
- Glenhawk
- Hampshire Trust Bank
- Hope Capital
- Lendinvest
- Masthaven
- Mint Bridging
- MS Lending
- MT Finance (MTF)
- New Dawn One
- Octane Capital
- Ortus
- Precise Mortgages (part of the OSB Group)
- Roma Finance
- Scotlend (SB) Limited
- Shawbrook Bank
- Social Money Limited T/A Somo (SM1 Capital)
- Tempus Capital
- The Bridgecrowd
- The Bridging Group
- The Mortgage Business (TMB)
- Together Commercial Finance Limited
- Ultimate Bridging Finance
- United Trust Bank (UTB)
- West One
We are eligible to act on behalf of borrowers who obtain equity release & lifetime mortgages from the following institutions:
- Aviva Equity Release
- Canada Life
- Hodge Equity Release
- Just Retirement
- Legal & General
- Lloyds (which includes Halifax, Bank of Scotland, and Scottish Widows)
- LV
- More2life
- Nationwide
- Pure Retirement
Trusted, Accredited, Experienced
As CQS-accredited solicitors with a robust compliance framework and four SRA-approved managers/partners, our firm meets the highest standards required by mortgage lenders for England and Wales.
We act for buyers, investors, limited companies, offshore companies and landlords across England and Wales on:
- Purchases
- Remortgages
- Sales
- Transfers of Equity
- Equity Release
- Buy-to-let and portfolio finance
- HMO purchases and remortgages
- Offshore company purchases and refinance
- MUFBs (Multi Unit Freehold Blocks)
- Shared ownership
- Bridging, refurbishment, capital raise and development loans – first, second and equitable charges
- Lease Extensions
- Commercial Leases
- Commercial Lease Assignments
- Help to Buy
Is your lender’s name not listed above?
You can call our team on 02071830084 or email info@olaleslie.com.
We will be able to confirm immediately as to whether we are authorised to act on behalf of your lender, or on your behalf where there is a specialist lender, and provide a fixed fee quotation for your transaction.
Ayesha Leslie, Senior Partner
Ola Leslie Solicitors LLP
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