Can the conveyancing lawyers identified via your search tool handle conveyancing in Hatfield by way of an attended exchange?
There are a few conveyancing experts who can conduct one day exchanges. You should call us to obtain a costs illustration and details as to dates.
We see that you have a post code search directory identifying solicitors on the TSB conveyancing panel. Do companies pay you a referral fee if I instruct them for our own conveyancing in Hatfield?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the TSB conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Hatfield.
We are expecting a mortgage offer soon. The bank mentioned the mortgage came with free conveyancing. Is the implication that I have to instruct their panel solicitor as I would much rather instruct a high street conveyancing solicitor in Hatfield?
You should check but the chances are that allocate you one of their panel solicitors if you accept the "fee-free" incentive. Call the lender to explore if they allow a monetary alternative. Some lenders have previously offered a £250 cashback as a further option in which case you could put that amount towards your preferred conveyancing solicitor near Hatfield.
I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Barclays. I assume I don't need a Hatfield property lawyer on the Barclays panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.
If you have finished paying off your Barclays mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Barclays mortgage from the register. Barclays, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where Barclays has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Barclays has instructed the Land Registry to do so
I recently had an offer agreed on an apartment in Hatfield. My financial adviser pressured me to appoint their solicitor. I paid an on account payment of £175. Soon after, the solicitor called me to say that they were not on the Clydesdale 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 Clydesdale 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 a house in Hatfield on 10/12/2025, valuation was booked 2 days later, received a clean bill of health. Conveyancer retained, so all that was missing was my mortgage offer. Having made daily calls to TSB and chasing them on my offer, I have now been told that my offer will not be issued unless the lawyer is on the TSB conveyancing panel. Can the lender hold off the offer?
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 TSB to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the TSB conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
We're novice buyers - agreed a price, but the estate agent informed us that the owners will only move forward if we use their preferred lawyers as they need an ‘expedited deal’. Our preferred option is to instruct a high street solicitor who is familiar with conveyancing in Hatfield
We suspect that the owner is not behind this ultimatum. If they desire ‘a quick sale', turning down a genuine buyer is going to damage their objectives. Try to communicate with the sellers directly and explain that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances arranged © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you are going to instruct your own,trusted Hatfield conveyancing lawyers - not the ones that will give the estate agent a commission or meet his conveyancing figures set by HQ.