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Probably a national warehouse chain....herewego123 said:Hi guys
No chain here.
Hoping mines as swift as yours. Fixtures and fittings list and gas certificate sent to me today.
I went with who my broker recommended
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Gorvins Residential
Ill be honest I'm not sure whether I'm being a bit unfair as to expectations I have from them as they are obviously doing what they need to do as sending me documentation i am just highly impatient and hoping the process is faster than in reality it could be
Thanks for your help guys
Does anyone have experience of Halifax doing a final credit credit at completion ?
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our no chain purchase took 6 months. House buying is frenzied activity, months of nothing then more frenzied activity!0
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The upside for it taking longer is a) increased interest in any deposit stashed away and b) the continual decline in mortgage rates! That's my silver linings at the moment.Ksw3 said:our no chain purchase took 6 months. House buying is frenzied activity, months of nothing then more frenzied activity!Increasingly money-conscious
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No chain? Then exchange should be as quick as your mortgage takes to arrive with your conveyancers, or the Council search result to come back, whichever is last. It might be a month - depends how good your conveyancers are.Some conveyancers will drip feed their clients with documents as they do the legal conveyancing, which can be very confusing and no real overview of what it is all about, but the better ones wait and simply send you a global complete written Report summarising (and attaching copies of) all the legal documents but explained in a laymans language as to what theyu mean, how they affect you, and lots of other gemneral information for you to consifer when proceeding - which should be a very helpful and interesting read.0
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