Remortgage Solicitors
When you remortgage a property, your lender will need your solicitor to be 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. A lot of High Street and specialist buy to let lenders will not permit split representation (but private or bridging lenders require the representation to be split). 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, Building Societies, Specialist, Buy-to-Let, HMO and Limited Company Lenders
- Accord Mortgages
- Aldermore
- Bank of Ireland
- Bank of Scotland
- Barclays UK
- Barclays Commercial
- Bath Building Society
- Better Homeownership
- Birmingham Midshires
- Bluestone
- Bradford & Bingley Building Society
- Britannia Building Society
- Buckinghamshire Building Society
- Cambridge Building Society
- Capital Home Loans (CHL)
- Chelsea Building Society
- Chorley Building Society
- Clydesdale
- Co-operative Bank
- Cumberland Building Society
- Cynergy
- Danske Bank
- Darlington Building Society
- Dudley Building Society
- First Direct
- Fleet Mortgages
- Foundation Home Loans
- Furness Building Society
- Gen H
- Halifax
- Hampshire Trust Bank
- Harpenden Building Society
- Hinckley & Rugby Building Society
- HSBC UK Bank plc
- HSBC Private Bank
- Ipswich Building Society
- Investec
- Kensington Mortgages
- Kent Reliance (for personal borrowers)
- Keystone Property Finance
- Leeds Building Society (for personal borrowers)
- Leek Building Society
- Lloyds Bank / Lloyds Banking Group
- Loughborough Building Society
- LiveMore Capital
- Metro Bank
- Market Harborough Building Society
- Marsden Building Society
- Melton Mowbray Building Society
- Metro Bank
- Moda Mortgages
- Molo UK
- Molo International
- Monmouthshire Building Society
- NatWest
- Newbury Building Society
- Newcastle Building Society
- Northern Rock / NRAM
- Nottingham Building Society
- Paragon
- Paratus AMC Ltd
- Pepper Money
- Platform Home Loans
- Precise Mortgages
- Principality Building Society
- Quantum Mortgages
- Rooftop Mortgages
- Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
- Saffron Building Society
- Sainsbury’s Bank
- Santander
- Scottish Widows
- Skipton Building Society
- Together Commercial Finance for specialist buy to let and bridging finance (with split representation)
- Together Personal Finance
- Topaz
- TSB
- Virgin Money
- Tesco Bank
- The Family Building Society
- The Mortgage Business (TMB)
- The Mortgage Lender Ltd
- The Mortgage Works (TMW)
- Tipton & Coseley Building Society
- Vida Homeloans
- West Bromwich
- Yorkshire Building Society
- Zephyr Mortgages
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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