Once you submit your solicitor’s details to us in Settings > Withdraw > LISA > Buying first home, we’ll automatically freeze further deposits into your LISA.
We’d recommend sending your solicitor’s details about one month before you need to use your LISA funds towards a qualifying property purchase. This is so we can liaise with your solicitor to confirm your details. Once we have everything we need, we’ll initiate your withdrawal within 5 working days.
The withdrawal itself is then typically completed on the next available working day for Cash LISAs (i.e. within 6 working days of receiving the required information from your solicitor), or within 10 working days for a Stocks & Shares LISA (i.e. within 15 working days of receiving the required information from your solicitor). However, please note that if your withdrawal includes any pending payments or government bonuses, these timeframes will be longer:
For a Cash LISA
Up to 11 working days for a withdrawal which includes an in-progress weekly collection
Up to 6 working days for a withdrawal which includes an in-progress instant bank transfer
1 working day to withdraw a pending government bonus, once this has been paid out by HMRC
For a Stocks & Shares LISA
Up to 20 working days for a withdrawal which includes an in-progress weekly collection
Up to 20 working days for a withdrawal which includes an in-progress instant bank transfer
1 working day to withdraw a pending government bonus, once this has been paid out by HMRC