The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

AnnexeRegular

Still waiting for my solicitor to call so we can exchange. This is killing me.

AnnexeRegular

laurey0301 said:

We’ve exchanged!! Completion Monday. Hang in there everyone, there is hope xx

Congrats!

Reddington85

So we've had an update to say we'll be exchanging and completing on the same day which makes me really nervous! 

CLJ2986

Given my authority to exchange 🤞 now hoping my OH manages to call them. Oh and my sol is on leave next week 🤣

Oscarboi76

I'm new to this but thought I would post... we don't really know the process as we are FTB.. we put offer in on a house on 12th June and our mortgage was approved on the 23rd June.. was really pleased with how quick that was as I had read lots of posts on decisions taking forever... but now have no idea how long this next process will take. the house we are buying isn't in a chain as they have inherited a house they moving into and as we in rented I'm hoping this will be a good thing... are anyone else in a similar stage ?

iKarlCPFC

Our process has been very fast.

We applied for Mortgage - 13th May

Mortgage offer on - 25th May

Area Searches requested on -  2nd June

Area Searches received on -  25th June

Proposed exchange is 19th July (hopefully complete on the same day as well)

Oscarboi76

iKarlCPFC said:

Our process has been very fast.

We applied for Mortgage - 13th May

Mortgage offer on - 25th May

Area Searches requested on -  2nd June

Area Searches received on -  25th June

Proposed exchange is 19th July (hopefully complete on the same day as well)

wow that's really quick... Are you in a chain ? our searches have been requested so really hoping we could be completed by September at latest

mat1964

Kaysee24 said:

@mat1964 I would dump that buyer you've been messed around so long by them. I know this has been going on a long time, can't your gf tell the EA she no longer accepts the offer?

She did tell the EA this - which is when things started up again.  So now we have a draft contract, have responded to the questions raised and are now waiting for the new Mortgage appointed solicitors to do their bit, which they won't start for another week.

Whole thing has been totally surreal.  This couple were the first viewers back in March, made an offer based on one short viewing, took 3 months to get a mortgage offer, haven't bothered with any sort of survey, just the basic mortgage valuation and have been mostly non contactable.  She lives in quite a popular area, so I am sure it would all have been done and dusted now with different buyers.  Meanwhile, the EA refuses to show anyone else round and a new agent is not going to take it on unless she formally withdraws acceptance of the offer and stops the process  (it may come to that soon).  

laura_lau

Update from me, probably the last of the week: boyfriend managed to get the papers signed and validated by the solicitor and sent me pictures, which I forwarded to solicitor. Got an out of office from solicitor, saying she’ll be back on Monday and to reach her assistants if urgent. Forwarding the papers to the assistant, hoping she is able to send them to the lender today, in he hope they’ll be happy with them an free to release funds on
monday so that we can exchange. Nothing more I can do about it now, so I’ll stop worrying and try to relax. Fingers crossed for everyone who is still waiting to exchange today, I’ll be keeping an eye to see if you did it! My next update (hopefully) on Monday. 

CLJ2986

laura_lau said:

Update from me, probably the last of the week: boyfriend managed to get the papers signed and validated by the solicitor and sent me pictures, which I forwarded to solicitor. Got an out of office from solicitor, saying she’ll be back on Monday and to reach her assistants if urgent. Forwarding the papers to the assistant, hoping she is able to send them to the lender today, in he hope they’ll be happy with them an free to release funds on
monday so that we can exchange. Nothing more I can do about it now, so I’ll stop worrying and try to relax. Fingers crossed for everyone who is still waiting to exchange today, I’ll be keeping an eye to see if you did it! My next update (hopefully) on Monday. 

Ah hope you get sorted! We didn't exchange today, oh rang on his break but couldn't get through so we have to call first thing Monday morning to do a video call for him allowing us to exchange. So I'm finally going to try and switch off from all the worrying for this weekend!