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How Do I Go About Buying My Council Home?

A Simple Guide to Selling Your Home

A Simple Guide to Buying Your Home

Is Your Home Being Repossessed?

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Council housing and social housing in all their manifestations and permutations have been the backbone of British life for many years now. Since the middle of the 1980s there has been a concerted move on the part of the various councils to sell their council houses off to their occupants as a part of the crusade for private ownership that blossomed under Mrs. Thatcher and has been encouraged by subsequent administrations.

It can be a challenging and risky business selling your house, but if you keep a few things in mind you can’t go too far wrong.
First of all, don’t try to sell it too quickly; the process can take some time if you are after a realistic price for your house, and there is always the temptation to accept a low offer just to get it over with, especially if you want out because you have your heart set on another property.
If you are careful about managing the various risks along with your own expectations then you will save yourself a lot of unnecessary angst.

Purchasing a home can prove to be a long and tricky process, but it can be broken down into just a handful of steps that will simplify the whole thing.

If arrears on your home keep increasing over the months, your lender may make an application to the courts to take out a repossession order. Lenders vary in the time they allow the borrower to catch up, with some taking out repossession orders just six months after the first instance of arrears, although most will allow a longer period before they take legal action.

Duncan Lewis expanding property department is equally at home dealing with residential or commercial transactions. Our growth is due to our unique combination of personalised service and state of the art computerised systems.

This allows us to concentrate on your needs without sacrificing efficiency or incurring undue legal costs.

Duncan Lewis provide you with a fixed quote for fees and vigorously promote our price promise that we have never knowingly been under-quoted. Your work is supervised by a senior qualified solicitor and contact can be by direct phone or by email. Duncan Lewis wish to minimise inconvenience and maximise the speed of your transaction. We endeavour to carry out all legal work promptly and in particular to keep you informed and to make ourselves available to you to answer your concerns at any time.

Duncan Lewis are accepted by all leading banks, building societies and other leading institutions and are able to act on their behalf so that you do not incur undue costs nor incur undue delay.

Commercial and Business transactions are under the direct supervision of the Head of Property Department. Duncan Lewis can provide a very efficient, business oriented and caring approach to these matters as well as a very competitive costs structure. We deal with transactions up to £2m as standard and are able to quote above this figure on request.

Duncan Lewis team can also help you with any commercial property transactions that you may have. We can deal with sales, purchases, assignment of leases, purchases of businesses as going concerns and sale and lease back transactions. In each transaction we apply our extensive experience to ensure that your commercial interests are protected at all times.

To book an appointment or to refer clients to our firm, please contact Duncan Lewis New Client Co-ordinators on 0800 740 8081.

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