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Lexsure’s COMPLETIONmonitor is web-based pre- and post-completion checklist for property lawyers. It is supported by professional indemnity insurers. It is a unique risk management tool.

This system optimises the way you can demonstrate to lender panels that you are, and can stay fully compliant with their requirements, with automatic updates on Bluestone Mortgages’s changes. While utilising this technology is not a condition for acceptance on the Bluestone Mortgages panel, demonstrating you can stay up to date with Bluestone Mortgages’s Handbook requirements is an excellent support to your panel application and, more importantly, protect your firm’s panel status.

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

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Banks and building societies often change 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 446 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the UK Finance Handbook.
That equates to a section change every 6.1 days. In total, 61% 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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Bluestone Mortgages Solicitor Panel Recently Asked Questions from members of the public

My financial adviser has informed me that I have to pay Bluestone Mortgages fees should I instruct my family lawyer. How good are the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel solicitors? I dont care which law firm I use provided that they are good and not exorbitantly priced. Would you recommend a specific law firm on the Bluestone Mortgages panel?
Bluestone Mortgages’s conveyancing panel is pretty large so your best bet is just to check with the firms you are getting quotes from whether they are on it. You can search by postcode on the search tool on this site to find solicitors that Bluestone Mortgages will allow to act for them.
I am due to complete my purchase next Monday. My conveyancing lawyer has asked me to provide him with a copy of the building insurance for the house as he says that he has to check this in has capacity as lawyer for Bluestone Mortgages. What does the insurance need to cover?
All property lawyers on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel would need to check that the following risks are covered fire; lightning; aircraft; explosion; earthquake; storm; flood; escape of water or oil; riot; malicious damage; theft or attempted theft; falling trees and branches and aerials; subsidence; heave;landslip;collision;accidental damage to underground services;professional fees, demolition and site clearance costs; and public liability to anyone else. There are some other issues such as the level of excess that are set out in Bluestone Mortgages’s Part 2 requirements of the CML Handbook (last updated on Bluestone Mortgages). Being on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel your lawyer is expect to follow these requirements.
Your search tool is useful but there are many lawyers listed near Middlesbrough on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel. It would be a lot more helpful if you could recommend a specific firm on the Bluestone Mortgages approved panel?
We do not recommend specific firms as the right firm for you depends on where your priorities lie. For example you may require a local firm with local knowledge or you might be looking for the low cost conveyancing. Before you appoint your lawyer we advise you to speak to two or three of the firms listed to gain comfort as to which one is right for you..
I am buying a terraced house and getting a mortgage with Bluestone Mortgages. Conveyancing solicitors are said to be ‘a necessary evil’ but can I do it myself?
Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing you will have to appoint a solicitor on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to made in you doing to conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel in your location.
Can you point me to a directory of Bluestone Mortgages panel conveyancers on the CML Handbook Website?
No. There is no such tool on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association websites. Very few lenders make their panel listings available online.
I'm spending time looking at flats and am about to put in an offer. Is it premature to have a solicitor in place? I intend to finance via a mortgage with Bluestone Mortgages
You should start obtaining conveyancing quotes from solicitors ASAP. After you have chosen your lawyer and once your offer is accepted you can instruct them to work for you and pass their details on the the EA. As you are getting a mortgage with Bluestone Mortgages , make sure you remember to check that your lawyer is on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel.
Planning on purchasing a house with a mortgage with Bluestone Mortgages. I have received an online quote from a licensed conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Building Society if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.
They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that they are on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel

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