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What happens during the ‘Exchange of Contracts’ ?

Exchange of contracts (EoC) is the point of the legal process where a binding obligation on both parties is created - for the Seller to sell and the Buyer to buy the property.

At any time up until the EoC point, either party could withdraw from the process without any penalty other than monies they have spent on surveys, mortgage application fees and similar costs....

At EoC  stage a completion date is normally mutually agreed when the transfer can and will be finalised.

On the day of completion the monies are transferred between the parties and, the keys to the purchased property are handed over to the buyer.

What does Leasehold mean?

Leasehold means that somebody else has title to the land and that you will therefore have to pay a ground rent and possibly also a service charge to the freeholder (owner of the freehold title). It is normally possible to buy the freehold title at a later date as a separate purchase transaction.

It therefore follows that the valuation of two identical properties, one being leasehold and the other freehold, would result in a lower value being applied to the leasehold property.

It is important to check the length of time remaining on the lease (Commonly the leases would have been originally issued with a 99 year life span). If not much time is remaining on the lease it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, unless the freehold can also be purchased subsequently.