leasehold flat
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Defective Lease: What to Check From When You Bought
You’ve found a buyer for your flat, or you’re moving to a better mortgage deal. Then your conveyancer comes back with news you didn’t expect: there’s a problem with the lease. Not with the building, but with the document itself. A defective lease can hold up a sale or a remortgage for weeks or months.…
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Onerous Ground Rent: Selling or Remortgaging a Flat
A ground-rent clause may cause no immediate difficulty when a flat is purchased, only to be questioned years later by a buyer, valuer or mortgage lender. Here is what owners should establish and why the original purchase records may matter