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Main reasons to commence your Anerley lease extension


Why you should commence your Anerley lease extension today:

A Anerley lease depreciates with the years remaining on the lease.

Anerley leases on residential deteriorating in value. if your lease has about 90 years remaining, you should start thinking about a lease extension. An important point to note is that it is financially advisable for a lease extension to take place before the term of the existing lease drops under eighty years - otherwise a higher amount will be due. Flat owners in Anerley will usually be legally entitled to a lease extension; however a solicitor should be able check if you qualify. In certain situations you may not be entitled. There are also strict timetables and formalities to comply with once the process has commenced so it’s wise to be guided by a conveyancer during the process.

Anerley property with a lease extension has roughly the same value as a freehold

Leasehold residencies in Anerley with in excess of 100 years remaining on the lease are often regarded as a ‘virtual freehold’. This is where the lease value the same as a freehold interest in your home. In such situations there is often little upside in purchasing the reversionary interest unless savings on ground rent and service charges justify it.

Mortgage lenders may decide not to issue a mortgage on a short lease

The propensity since the credit crunch has been for mortgage companies to tighten lending requirements generally - this has extended to the types of security over which the home loan is to be charged. This has resulted in the unexpired lease term required by banks has increased. Historically mortgage companies would grant a mortgage on a lease with 25 years plus the term of the loan - routinely 50 year leases but those requirements are being increasingly undermined by the requirement for longer and longer leases - many now have a minimum term of 75 years as standard.

Lender Requirement
Bank of Scotland Minimum 70 years from the date of the mortgage.
Barclays plc Leases with less than 70 years at the commencement of the mortgage should be declined (see exception below).

Leases with greater than 70 years but fewer than 85 years remaining must be referred to issuing office.

Leases with fewer than 70 years should only be referred to the issuing office where the following scenario applies, as discretion may be applied subject to bank approval:

• Property is located in any of the following prestigious developments: Cadogan, Crown, Grosvenor, Howard de Walden, Portman or Wellcome Trust Estates in Central London AND
• The value of the property subject to the short remaining term is £500,000 or more AND
• The loan to value does not exceed 90% for purchases, 90% like for like re-mortgages, 80% for re-mortgages with any element of capital raising and 80% for existing Barclays mortgage borrowers applying for additional borrowing;
Birmingham Midshires Minimum 70 years from the date of the mortgage.
Santander You must report the unexpired lease term to us and await our instructions if:
1. the unexpired term assumed by our valuer is between 55 and 82 years, but the actual unexpired term differs by more than one year (whether longer or shorter); or
2. the unexpired term assumed by our valuer is more than 82 years but the actual unexpired term is less than 82 years; or
3. no valuation report is provided
However, we will not accept a lease where on expiry of the mortgage:
(i) less than 50 years remain and all or part of the loan is repaid on an interest-only basis: or
(ii) less than 30 years remain and the loan is repaid on a capital and interest basis

We will accept a lease that has been extended under the provisions of the Leasehold Reform Act 1993 provided statutory compensation would be available to the leaseholder.
Royal Bank of Scotland Mortgage term plus 30 years.

Get in touch with one of our Anerley lease extension solicitors or enfranchisement solicitors

The conveyancing solicitors that we work with procure Anerley lease extensions and help protect your position. A lease extension can be arranged to be completed to coincide with a change of ownership so the costs of the lease extension are paid for using part of the sale proceeds. You really do need expert legal advice in this difficult and technical area of law. The conveyancer we work with provide it.

Anerley Lease Extension Example Cases:

Alisha, Anerley, South East London,

After unsuccessful negotiations with the freeholder of her first floor flat in Anerley, Alisha initiated the lease extension process just as her lease was approaching the all-important eighty-year threshold. The lease extension was finalised in August 2007. The freeholder’s charges were kept to an absolute minimum.

Anerley case:

Mr Seth Miller was assigned a lease of a garden apartment in Anerley in February 1997. We are asked if we could estimate the price would likely be to prolong the lease by ninety years. Comparable properties in Anerley with an extended lease were valued about £208,600. The mid-range ground rent payable was £60 collected annually. The lease lapsed on 26 October 2081. Taking into account 57 years unexpired we approximated the premium to the landlord for the lease extension to be within £30,400 and £35,200 plus fees.

Decision in Bromley

An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Anerley flat is Flats 55, 67 & 70 Melbourne Court Anerley Road in July 2013. The tribunal calculated that the premium for the extended lease at £48,366.00 for at 55, and £88,329.00 for ats 67 and 70 combined. This case related to 1 flat. The remaining number of years on the lease was 26.38 years.