Tag: Ground Rent
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Lender Updates Leasehold Policy
MPowered Mortgages updated their P2 policy for leasehold properties, setting strict guidelines for ground rents, maintenance charges, and property valuations. Legal firms handling CQS should be aware of these changes.
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CQS Purchase of a Leasehold Policy
I have been asked on a few occasions recently ‘What should be included in a CQS Purchase of a Leasehold Policy‘. The leasehold landscape is rapidly changing, so your firm’s policy should be frequently under review. During a recent CQS mock audit I noted a particularity thorough policy where the table of content included: Financial implications…
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Top Ten Important Changes to Reports on Title 2017
In the last twelve months the conveyancing fraternity witnessed significant changes to Part 2 of the UK Finance Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook. This, combined with the press and government focusing a spotlight on leasehold, resulted in firms considering how they should upgraded their Report on Title . In response to lender changes and in anticipation…
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HSBC Stops Lending on Leaseholds with Onerous Ground Rents
HSBC have become the latest lender to change their CML Handbook instructions to lawyers in relation to ground rents. Policy 5.14.9 of HSBCs CML Handbook Part 2 now reads We will not provide residential or Buy to Let Mortgages in the following circumstances: • The property is subject to an onerous Lease clause regarding an…
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Nationwide Building Society Sets Out New Ground Rent,Event Fees and Lease Length Policy
Following it’s announcement earlier this week to make changes to their lending requirements for new build properties the lender has now updated their CML Part 2 instructions. Sections 5.14.1 and 5.14.9 now have the following paragraph added: NEW BUILD PROPERTIES (includes office conversions but does not apply to Shared Ownership) The following are not acceptable:…
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Lenders Start to Change Ground Rules on Ground Rent
Leasehold as a tenure received quite a lot of bad press in 2016 with the BBC and broadsheets such as the Telegraph pointing to the risk of people buying homes with escalating ground rents. This culminated in the Government saying that it would reform leasehold property after a campaign by charities and MPs to challenge…