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Feb 21, 2024 · The UK Serious Fraud Office has opened an investigation into an alleged £140mn property fraud and arrested four people in a series of raids. The prosecutor is probing Liverpool-based Signature ...
Jun 5, 2023 · 4) There are fake landlords too. Anyone who’s tried to rent so much as a room in the UK recently will know how gruelling the process can be. And Malnick says landlords are taking advantage of ...
Mar 30, 2010 · more for malcolm stuart property consultants llp (oc353716) Registered office address Richmond House Lawnswood Business Park, Redvers Close, Leeds, England, LS16 6QY
Jul 26, 2024 · Unfortunately, there are still firms that work without our authorisation. Check our Financial Services Register to find out if a firm is authorised. If you can’t find a firm on the FS Register, contact us on 0800 111 6768. Make sure you only deal with authorised firms.
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- Knowing How Much You Should Be Paying
- Exchange with Delayed Completion
- You Need to Know Where The Deposit Is Going
- Is The Company Legitimate?
In the property industry, you sometimes see companies (fly-by-nights) that are set up only to disappear six months later. What they are doing is a scam. The trick that they are pulling is to charge large deposits to customers who want to reserve a property. The chances are that the property itself does not exist but they convince their clients that...
If you are reserving a property there will be a reservation charge to pay, an amount to reserve the property. This reservation charge might involve paying in stages. There is another way as well which is something called an exchange with delayed completion. This involves paying a higher amount up-front to reserve the property via a solicitor but le...
If you're doing an exchange with delayed completionit's a different process to paying a simple reservation charge. Some companies charge a fee directly. This means that you will have to pay them directly - under certain terms and conditions. That's absolutely fine as long as you understand what the terms and conditions mean and also understand when...
Are you paying the money directly to the company, into their client account? Are you paying it to a solicitor or into an escrow account? Any of these options is, of course, fine as long as the amount is contractually covered and you are happy with the terms and conditions surrounding the payment.
Sounds obvious, but make sure that you are dealing with a legitimate company. Ideally, they should have a good internet presence and have been around for a long time. I'd also advise that you speak to their previous customers and look at some of their previous developments. You want to do everything you can to check that they are an established com...
Feb 29, 2016 · info@malcolm-stuart.com 01937 530853 The Estate Office Wilton House Station Road Tadcaster North Yorkshire LS24 9SG
Feb 29, 2016 · info@malcolm-stuart.com 01937 530853 The Estate Office Wilton House Station Road Tadcaster North Yorkshire LS24 9SG
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