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Common questions asked concerning the Bluestone Mortgages Solicitor Panel
My financial adviser has has requested my solicitor’s panel member for the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I obtain this. I have e-mailed my local Bluestone Mortgages branch but they cant find it on their system.
You are best placed to get this information from your conveyancing lawyer. A law firm is likely to keep a file or database of lender panel information which would include, if applicable their conveyancing panel details for Bluestone Mortgages.
Our solicitor has requested from me personal identification documents saying that this is part of his retainer as a solicitor on the Bluestone Mortgages Conveyancing panel. Is this right?
Anti-terror and anti-money-laundering rules require solicitors and licensed conveyancers to verify the identity of the person or body they are dealing with before they can accept their conveyancing business. The Client Care letter that you need to sign will no doubt confirm this. Your lawyer is right that Bluestone Mortgages also require certain documents to be viewed. If a you refuse to provide ID verification documents, your conveyancer would not be able to accept instructions from you. Your lawyer also has obligations to obtain certain documents in accordance with Bluestone Mortgages CML Handbook requirements last updated on Bluestone Mortgages
Are the lawyers identified as being on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel, together with their details provided by Bluestone Mortgages?
The firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Bluestone Mortgages directly.
The lawyers that just started acting on my purchase in Newcastle has suddenly shut down. I chose them because I needed a lawyer on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel and my previous lawyer was not. I paid them £200 on account. What do I do now?
Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then inform them straight away so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Most sellers would be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors should be in a position to assist
Can you point me to a directory of Bluestone Mortgages panel solicitors 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.
Completion of my purchase has taken place with a mortgage from Bluestone Mortgages. Conveyancing was of an acceptable standard but I would like to complain about Bluestone Mortgages. How do I make a complaint?
Most lenders have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the Bluestone Mortgages branches or the Customer Care Team at Bluestone Mortgages head office. In most cases complaints to Bluestone Mortgages are resolved very quickly. However if you are not satisfied that the matter is resolved you can write to the
Financial Ombudsman Service with full details of your complaint.
I was told two weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed
to by Bluestone Mortgages. Is it usual for Bluestone Mortgages to only issue the offer once my
solicitor is approved on their conveyancing panel?
A lender would not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Bluestone Mortgages to deal with your lawyers application to be on the Bluestone Mortgages conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitors will be accepted.
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