Compare quotes from conveyancing solicitors servicing Ripponden

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How you can help speed up the conveyancing process

Although many factors will be out of your control, you could consider the following:

1. Inform your estate agent that you have appointed somebody to act for you as soon as possible and pass the agent those contact details.
   
2. Get confirmation that the other party has instructed a solicitor through your estate agent.
   
3. Pay over any search fees and similar monies requested by the conveyancer as soon as you can.
   
4. Provide your mortgage account number to the conveyancer as soon as you can.
   
5. Return any acceptance forms or similar to your lender as soon as possible. 
   
6. Inform all parties if you are think that you may be difficult to contact at any time during the completion stages (holiday etc).
   

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.