Problem Selling or Remortgaging
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Japanese Knotweed on the Development Is Stopping Buyers Getting Mortgages
A new-build seller may discover that Japanese knotweed elsewhere on the original development is preventing their buyer from obtaining a mortgage. What evidence can save the sale, and what should have been disclosed when the property was bought?
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The Lease Restriction That Cost a Homeowner Their Sale
A leasehold owner spent months trying to sell a flat before the buyer’s buy to let mortgage offer was withdrawn. The decisive problem was not the condition of the flat or the agreed price. The lease prohibited letting. The proposed buyer needed a mortgage for a property that would be rented out. Once the restriction…