Sell the short lease. No extension required. — in Liverpool.
The lease has dropped below 80 years. No high-street mortgage lender will lend on it. Lease extension costs £10,000-30,000 and adds 2 years to your sale. We have buyers who specialise in short leasehold and price the extension themselves. Specifically for Liverpool and the surrounding Merseyside area.
How it works in Liverpool
- You tell us the current lease length and ground rent.
- We match to lease-specialist buyers who extend the lease as part of their purchase.
- Completion in 6-10 weeks. No lease extension process on your side.
What we'll need from you
- The full address and lease length
- The current ground rent and service charge
- Whether the freeholder is cooperative
What we sidestep (and the standard alternatives)
- Spending £20,000+ on a lease extension to satisfy a high-street buyer
- The 2-year statutory lease extension process
- Mortgage buyers who'll fail at the lease valuation stage
Questions people in Liverpool ask about this
Active HMO and multi-let disposal market. Cladding and structural cases are common in the post-war flat stock. Probate is a steady flow. Investors include both regional and Manchester-based funds. Average completion 5-7 weeks. The Short lease property process in Liverpool follows the same structure as the rest of the UK, with local market-specific timing on offers and completion.
That's exactly the situation our buyers handle. The lower the lease, the bigger the discount, but the sale is still possible.
Yes. Lease extension is a buy-side concern. You sell the leasehold interest, the buyer does the extension.
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