When you buy a property with a mortgage, you need to choose conveyancers approved by your lender. If your conveyancer is not acceptable to your lender, you will either have to pay for them to instruct their own legal team or change to a new conveyancer. At Lockings Solicitors, we are approved members of the Nationwide conveyancing panel and panel members for all other major high-street lenders.

This means we can represent both you and Nationwide in your property purchase. The process will be faster and more streamlined than if your lender had to use different solicitors. If you use us, Nationwide will send us your mortgage offer as soon as it is issued, and we will liaise with them to obtain your mortgage advance in time for completion.

We have been dealing with property purchases for many years and have a high level of experience, including in dealing with complex and high-value transactions. We are accredited by the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme and have an excellent reputation for both our high service standards and our legal expertise.

We offer a FREE initial chat so that you can ask us any questions you may have about buying a property with a Nationwide mortgage. Call us on 01482 300 200, email us at welcome@lockings.co.uk or fill in our contact form and we will call you back promptly. We have offices in Beverley, Hull and York and represent clients across the country in freehold purchases. We also deal with leasehold and newbuild purchases for local clients.

Why choose Lockings Solicitors for your conveyancing?

We move you faster

We understand that the moving process can be stressful, and we always do all we can to move matters forward efficiently. This includes chasing other parties for information when necessary, dealing promptly with the contract package and requesting searches as soon as possible.

Because our conveyancing solicitors are exceptionally experienced, we are able to handle legal complications quickly and effectively, finding solutions that will avoid delays.

If you want to move as soon as you can, contact us today and we will get matters off to an early start by letting you have the initial paperwork now. We can then make sure that we are ready to begin working on your purchase as soon as you have an offer accepted and we receive the contract papers from the seller’s solicitor.

We will keep you updated throughout the purchase process

Your designated solicitor will make sure that you have regular updates as your purchase progresses. We will make sure that you know what information we need from you and that you are aware of any legal issues that may arise.

We will advise you in plain English and take the time to ensure that you understand the situation, answering any questions that you may have and giving you the guidance you need if there are decisions to be made.

We will also make sure that you know what stage comes next and that you have notice of major steps such as providing us with your deposit and arranging a completion date.

We are on the Nationwide conveyancing panel

Because we are approved members of the Nationwide conveyancing panel, we will liaise directly with them to arrange your mortgage advance. We routinely deal with them and know exactly what they need from us in order to authorise release of your funds.

We are also on the conveyancing panels of all other major high-street lenders.

We offer great value for money

Our service represents outstanding value for money and the level of service we provide is evident in the smoothness of the conveyancing transactions we handle.

If you would like a conveyancing quote, contact us today and we will go through the figures with you, including expenses such as search fees, Stamp Duty and the Land Registry’s fee for registering your purchase.

We are independently accredited and widely recommended by our clients

We hold the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme accreditation. This is a recognised quality standard awarded to conveyancing firms that offer exceptional levels of risk management, client service and competence, delivering quality residential conveyancing advice.

In addition, we hold over 750 reviews on Google from satisfied clients, and we are rated as excellent. Clients routinely return to us over the years and recommend us to their friends and families.

We offer a secure online conveyancing portal

We aim to make it as easy as possible for you to deal with us and manage your conveyancing transaction. We are happy to speak to you over the phone, by email, using videolink or in person at one of our offices.

We offer a secure online conveyancing portal to enable you to provide us with documents easily and at your convenience.

You will find us easy to contact. If we are not available when you call, we will always ring you back promptly.

Buying a property with a Nationwide mortgage

If you would like us to represent you, let us know now and we will start the process of verifying your identity and opening a file so that we are ready to work as soon as we receive the contract papers.

You can also give our details to the Nationwide and, when you have an offer accepted, the estate agent.

Once we have the contract papers we will go through the property information, including the legal title, and return to the seller’s solicitors with a list of enquiries. We will also apply for the searches that will be needed.

When we have the replies, search results and your mortgage offer, we will provide you with the property information that you need. You can ask us any questions you may have and once you are happy to go ahead, you can sign the contract and the mortgage deed and let us have your deposit. If you are tying in a sale, we can usually use the deposit from this.

We will agree on a completion date with you and your seller’s solicitors, and then contacts can be exchanged. This is the stage when your deposit is paid, the completion date is set, and the contract becomes binding.

We can then order your mortgage advance and prepare for completion. We will let you know how much we need from you in cleared funds before the completion date. Once completion has taken place, we will let you know and you can then arrange to pick up the keys from the estate agent.

Our guarantee to you

If we represent you in your property purchase, we give you the following guarantee:

• We will provide you with clear communication and ensure that you are happy at each step of the transaction
• The costs will be transparent, with a comprehensive quote provided to you at the outset so that you know how much to budget for
• We offer flexible availability, making it as easy as possible for you to deal with us throughout your purchase
• We provide a free initial chat so that you can ask us any questions you may have

Contact our approved Nationwide conveyancing panel solicitors

If you are looking for Nationwide conveyancing panel solicitors, we will be happy to hear from you.

You can ring us for a FREE initial chat on 01482 300 200, email us at welcome@lockings.co.uk or fill in our contact form and we will call you back promptly. We have offices in Beverley, Hull and York and represent clients across the East Yorkshire area and beyond.