Bluestone Mortgages Conveyancing Lender Panel Compliance Tool

COMPLETIONmonitor is an online pre- and post-completion checklist for property lawyers. Supported by the CML and PI insurers such as AmTrust. COMPLETIONmonitor is a unique risk management tool.

This system is the only way you can demonstrate to lender panels that you are, and can remain fully compliant with their requirements, with alerts on Bluestone Mortgages’s changes. Even though using the tool is not a condition for acceptance on the Bluestone Mortgages panel, demonstrating you can remain up to date with Bluestone Mortgages’s Handbook requirements is an excellent support to your application to their lender panel and, more importantly, safeguard your panel status.

COMPLETIONmonitor generates real-time alerts, automatically produces SRA and CQS reports, and will increase your firm's efficiency. In addition it is simply to use, cost-effective and, for some firms, leads to reduced PII premiums.

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Banks and building societies often vary their requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements from Bluestone Mortgages are not guidelines, they are instructions from a client. As with many clients, instructions can change - and they do change, frequently:

A Timeline of Policy Changes


Since 2008, Bluestone Mortgages has made 244 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the CML Handbook.
That equates to a section change every 11.2 days. In total, 59% of the sections of P2 of the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Bluestone Mortgages have been changed since 15/12/2008.

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Recent Changes Include

# Date Assoc. Changes Related To
10.3 21/10/2015 CML
Mortgage Advance and Certificate of Title
What are the standard deductions made by Bluestone Mortgages from the mortgage advance?
14.2.2 21/10/2015 CML
Post Completion Conveyancing
Which documents should approved lawyersfor Bluestone Mortgages send the title deeds and documents following completion?
5.17.5a 21/10/2015 CML
Power of Attorney
Bluestone Mortgages requirements for conveyancing panel lawyers as to whether Bluestone Mortgages need to be sent power of attorney
6.3.1 21/10/2015 CML
Purchase Price
Contact details at Bluestone Mortgages for conveyancing panel lawyers to used where there are any issues relating to purchase price.
6.7.1 21/10/2015 CML
New Build Conveyancing
Bluestone Mortgages panel conveyancer requirements for New Build Conveyancing : Home Warranty Schemes
6.7.2 21/10/2015 CML
New Build Conveyancing
Bluestone Mortgages panel conveyancer requirements for New Build Conveyancing : whether home warranty documentation should be sent to Bluestone Mortgages
6.8.1 21/10/2015 CML
Roads and Sewers
Contact details at Bluestone Mortgages for conveyancing panel lawyers if no agreement and bond for an unadopted road or sewer
Adoption of Road or Sewer Indemnity Insurance
5.2.1 21/10/2015 CML
Seller not registered
Contact details at Bluestone Mortgages for approved lawyers for where the seller is not the owner or registered proprietor and is not listed in the exceptions in the CML Handbook P1.
5.4.5 21/10/2015 CML
Conveyancing Searches: Personal Searches
Bluestone Mortgages approved lawyers clarification as to whether they accept personal searches and, if yes, the Bluestone Mortgages requirements
Local Search Indemnity Insurance
14.1.5 21/10/2015 CML
Post Completion Conveyancing
Does the Bluestone Mortgages need to be sent the original mortgage deed and/or any other original title documents by their approved lawyer ?

Last update 16/09/2019

Bluestone Mortgages Conveyancing Panel : Questions and Answers from members of the public

How easy is it to change a solicitor as I need to find one who is on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel. Is it advisable to appoint a new law firm?
If you haven't yet instructed a solicitor to do anything for you and have just received quotes, you're perfectly free to choose a different solicitor to carry out your work for you. The best way is to get recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the solicitor or conveyancer you're considering.
We are due to exchange on the purchase a house but as a result of damage from the recent storms I have agreed compensation from the seller of £3k approx by way of a reduction in the price. This was going to be dealt with as part of the conveyancing process but my mortgage company Bluestone Mortgages will not agree to this. Why was Bluestone Mortgages even consulted?
Your lawyer being on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel is duty bound to inform Bluestone Mortgages of any changes to the purchase price. If you were to refuse your lawyers to disclose the reduction to Bluestone Mortgages then they would have to discontinue acting for you and Bluestone Mortgages.
Do I have to pop into the offices of the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel solicitor to execute the mortgage deed? If so, I will instruct a firm who offer conveyancing in London so that I can attend their offices if necessary.
Whereas this was necessary ten years ago, most lenders no longer require their conveyancing panel solicitor to witness the borrowers signature. You will still be obliged to provide ID Documents and there are still distinct advantages to using a local solicitor, in your case a conveyancing solicitor in London .
My grandfather passed away six months ago and as sole heir and executor was left the property. The house had a small mortgage left on it of around £8000. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Bluestone Mortgages , pay off the mortgage etc. Is this allowed?
If you intend to re-mortgage then Bluestone Mortgages will insist on your using a conveyancer on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Bluestone Mortgages mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
We have agreed to purchase a house.One unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Bluestone Mortgages have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?
Given that your lender is Bluestone Mortgages your lawyer must to check the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing instructions contained in the Part of CML Handbook for Bluestone Mortgages . The CML Handbook contains minimum requirements for solar panel roof-space leases, and solicitors are required to report to Bluestone Mortgages where a lease does not meet these requirements. The requirements relate to the installation of panels on properties in England and Wales. Requirements for Scotland are due in the near future.
We have had an offer accepted on a house I spoke to a conveyancer previously used by my mum and he advised retaining a solicitor approved by Bluestone Mortgages. The estate agent recommended two local firms so I asked Bluestone Mortgages if the 2 suggested solicitors are approved, which they are not. Bluestone Mortgages suggested that either firm can fill out the appropriate forms to become approved. Do I (1) save myself the aggravation and use one of Bluestone Mortgages 's conveyancing panel solicitors (2) Use the local solicitor and accept there may be delays etc as they go through the approval process.
Ask Bluestone Mortgages for conveyancing panel firms in your area. Lenders have them all over the country. You can also use our search tool at the top of this page to search for a lawyer on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel based on location. If you particularly like the sound of one of the local lawyers that you have spoken to ask them if they would go onto Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel as it may only take about 2-3 weeks. As long as they meet Bluestone Mortgages’s requirements it can be a very simple job for the solicitor. Other stuff will be going on in parallel (as you are at an early stage) so it may not delay matters.
I have instructed a lawyer having checked that they are on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property? Or I've digested plenty of house buying,I note that they all recommend that you should get your house surveyed prior to buying it. When I asked my solicitor - who is on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel - on this she said they don't do this and I need to contract an independent surveyor. is that correct?
Bluestone Mortgages will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Bluestone Mortgages will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller. or Your lawyer will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Bluestone Mortgages you could contact your them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors.