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Are solicitors delaying because of COVID19 or because of another reason?
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It reduces the number of things which might delay the transaction from happening. So, on average, it would reduce the time taken. But won't help you if there's some issue which takes 3 months to sort out. And in a chain you need to wait until everybody else's transactions have had their niggles straightened out too.jumperabv3 said:
If the buyer already has finance in place, no need to have survey etc. - would it make things a bit shorter in "normal" times? i.e. instead of 3 months it would take X months or X weeks? Sorry for asking so many questions.AdrianC said:In the meantime, the buyer gets their survey done, and the finance in place. Again, there may be issues.
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No, because they normally run in parallel to the legals. They'd only add to the time if there were problems.jumperabv3 said:
If the buyer already has finance in place, no need to have survey etc. - would it make things a bit shorter in "normal" times? i.e. instead of 3 months it would take X months or X weeks? Sorry for asking so many questions.AdrianC said:In the meantime, the buyer gets their survey done, and the finance in place. Again, there may be issues.1
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