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Shared Ownership Solicitors Whitstable

19/05/2016
Low Cost Conveyancing
Competitive Conveyancing Fees
The shared ownership conveyancing process differs to a standard sale or purchase and you'll want to make sure that the costs don't go up. We only give Fixed Conveyancing Quotes which include all the work in just one low price.

No Sale No FeeNo Sale, No Fee Conveyancing
Our quotes include as standard our No Sale No Fee cover which means if for any reason your transaction should fall through, you won't incur the costs of the legal work to date.




Local ExpertiseKent Professionals
Our solicitors use their local knowledge of Whitstable to ensure your home move completes as smoothly as possible. We have worked with most of the leading local estate agents and have direct connections with Canterbury City Council.


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The Law Society has awarded our solicitors the CQS badge of excellence which means we are able to deliver conveyancing services in Whitstable to the high standards expected; which are regulated annually. We are also able to work with any mortgage lender in England & Wales including Metro Bank, HSBC, Santander & Halifax Plc.

Call 0333 344 3234 to get your quote  (Local rate call charge) 

Who is eligible to buy shared ownership properties?

Criteria for eligibility for shared ownership do vary and this is also the case for shared ownership properties in and around Whitstable. Normally, you can purchase a property via shared ownership if:


Bullet Your household earns £80,000 a year or less (for London this becomes £90,000).


Bullet You are a first time buyer or you used to own a home but cannot afford one now or you are an existing property owner and wish to upsize to a larger property, for example to meet the needs of a growing family.

Bullet You rent a housing association or council property.

NB Shared ownership eligibility criteria changes from time to time; to ensure that you are currently eligible please check the Government's latest published information about buying through shared ownership


Shared Ownership Example

If you were to buy a 25% initial share of a £200,000 property in Whitstable, it means your share would be worth £50,000.

For this, if you had to save a 10% deposit, this would mean you having to save £5,000. You would have to get a shared ownership mortgage for the rest of the share, i.e. you would have to borrow £45,000 from a lender.

You could choose to pay stamp duty on the whole £200,000 value of the property but you would not need to, because your £50,000 share is less than the £125,000 threshold, above which you have to pay the tax.

You would have to pay £20 to the Land Registry for registration fees, because the value of your portion of the property is between £0 and £80,000, but if the property is a new build and is being registered for the first time, you would have to pay £40.
What is the Shared Ownership?
With shared ownership, you part own and part rent a property (the minimum you can own is normally 25%) from a housing association. 

Should you satisfy the conditions for shared ownership and are looking to get a shared ownership home in Whitstable, Herne Bay, Kent or anywhere in Canterbury City Council, your first goal is to save sufficient money for a deposit on the percentage share you want to buy, then secure a shared ownership mortgage from a mortgage lender so you can buy the rest of the share. Housing associations run shared ownership schemes which are targeted at those with insufficient funds to buy homes on the open market. 

After you've lived in your shared ownership property for at least a year, the option is normally open to you to buy larger shares in your home - this is known as staircasing.

Shared ownership conveyancing has more potential pitfalls in it than more standard conveyancing. There are more parties involved in transactions and there are fixed procedures and deadlines which must be met. This is why it is so important to get an experienced shared ownership conveyancing solicitor to assist you - not to do so may well prove to be a false economy. 

You can find out about shared ownership in Whitstable by contacting Canterbury City Council by letter to Military Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1YW or by phoning 01227 862 000.

Question-Mark.png How do you Apply for Shared Ownership in Whitstable?
We work with all the Housing Associations throughout Kent including L&Q, Family & Mosaic, East Thames Homes and  A2 Dominion.

 

Our Conveyancing Solicitors are experts on Shared Ownership in Whitstable.

Our conveyancing quotes are specially geared towards your specific transaction. The fixed fee covers all of the work needed to complete your shared ownership conveyancing. Our conveyancing solicitors assist people moving home throughout Whitstable and its locale: they make sure we always provide fixed and competitive quotes.

If you would like a fixed fee quote for conveyancing which is specially tailored to your property, call 0333 344 3234.