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Why you should start your Haggerston lease extension


Main reasons to start your Haggerston lease extension today:

Increase your lease and increase your Haggerston property value

The only way is down when it comes to Haggerston lease terms. Haggerston leaseholds that have a lease term shorter than eighty years will drop in value even faster, and the cost to extend your lease will rise.

Haggerston property with a lease extension is almost the same value as a freehold

It is generally considered that a property with over one hundred years unexpired lease term is worth approximately the same as a freehold. Where an further 90 years added to any lease with more than 35 years unexpired, the residence will be worth the same as a freehold for decades to come.

Mortgage lenders may not grant a mortgage with a short lease

Mortgage companies do not like short residential leases. You most probably experience problems if you wish to sell your flat in Haggerston if the unexpired term of your lease is less than the criteria set by the majority of lenders. Different mortgage companies have different criteria but on the whole theyrequire an unexpired term of at least seventy years.

Lender Requirement
Accord Mortgages 85 years from the date of completion of the mortgage. Please ensure that you explain the implications of a short term lease to the borrower.
Barnsley Building Society 60 years from the date of the mortgage application subject to 35 years remaining at the end of the mortgage term.
Halifax Minimum 70 years from the date of the mortgage.
Skipton Building Society 85 years from the date of completion of the mortgage

For Buy to Let cases:
- lettings must not breach any of the lessee’s covenants; and
- consent of the lessor to lettings must be obtained if necessary
TSB Minimum of 70 years at mortgage commencement, with 30 years remaining at mortgage redemption.

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

Irrespective of whether you are a tenant or a landlord in Haggerston,the lease extension solicitors that we work with will always be happy to discuss any residential leasehold matters and offer you the benefit of their in-depth market knowledge and the close ties they enjoy with Haggerston valuers.

Haggerston Lease Extension Example Cases:

Stanley, Haggerston, London

Last year Stanley, started to get near to the eighty-year mark with the lease on his leasehold flat in Haggerston. In buying his flat 19 years previously, the unexpired term was of little significance. As luck would have it, he became aware that he would imminently be paying an escalated premium for Extending the lease. Stanley arranged for a lease extension just under the wire in March. Stanley and the landlord who owned the flat above in the end settled on an amount of £5,000 . If the lease had dropped to less than eighty years, the premium would have become more exhorbitant by a minimum £875.

Haggerston case:

Mr Y Rodríguez owned a purpose-built flat in Haggerston in August 2002. The dilemma was if we could shed any light on how much (roughly) compensation to the landlord could be to prolong the lease by an additional years. Comparative homes in Haggerston with 100 year plus lease were worth £171,800. The mid-range ground rent payable was £55 collected yearly. The lease came to a finish on 8 March 2075. Having 50 years left we estimated the compensation to the landlord for the lease extension to be within £33,300 and £38,400 plus expenses.

Decision in Hackney

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Haggerston property is 137 & 139 Haberdasher Street in December 2013. The Tribunal determines in accordance with section 48 and Schedule 13 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 that the premium for the extended lease for each Property should be £12,350.00. This case related to 2 flats. The remaining number of years on the lease was 72.39 years.