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Greater clarity needed from leasehold landlords

June 11, 2014

My Home Move, the UK’s leading provider of mover conveyancing services, is calling for greater consistency and clarity from management companies and landlords, in relation to the charges they levy at clients who are buying a leasehold property.

In 2013, My Home Move managed 8246 leasehold transactions, 24% of which were for first time buyers. Analysing this data has revealed that  there are vast discrepancies between the amounts charged by management companies and landlords for services including Notice of Transfer, Notice of Charge, Deed of Covenant, Stock Transfer and Application – currently clients can be charged anywhere from 10p to over £1000.

Commenting on these findings, Doug Crawford, CEO of My Home Move said, “In this day and age it seems incredible that there is no industry standard for management companies and landlords, meaning they have carte blanche to charge leasehold home buyers whatever they want.”

“Over a third of our leasehold clients are charged between £100 and £200 by landlords and management companies; while the really unfortunate ones must pay between £500 and £1000. These fees are in addition to their moving costs, ground rent and insurance.”

Last year the number of first time buyers rocketed by 37%*, while the number of buy-to-let investors also increased by 19%* year on year; with a large proportion investing in leasehold properties such as flats and apartments, especially in boom areas such as London and the South East.

Continuing Doug said, “We appreciate that services cost money, but when a client is left baffled as to the amount they must pay and why, it seems very unfair; especially as they can not purchase the property without paying these charges and they have no way of ‘shopping around’ for a better deal.”

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