{"id":78553,"date":"2018-01-31T14:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mortage-lender-raises-the-roof-over-leasehold-solar-panels\/"},"modified":"2018-01-31T14:03:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T07:03:07","slug":"mortage-lender-raises-the-roof-over-leasehold-solar-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mortage-lender-raises-the-roof-over-leasehold-solar-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortage lender raises the roof over leasehold solar panels"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOur buyer\u2019s preferred lender won\u2019t consider them for a mortgageWe bought a house in 2010 and had solar panels installed on a leasehold basis. We want to sell, but the buyer\u2019s preferred lender won\u2019t lend on properties with leasehold panels.We have tried to buy out the panels, as per a clause in the lease. It states that we have to compensate the company for the loss of their \u201cfeed-in tariff\u201d \u2013 we know this will be around \u00a320,000. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Our buyer\u2019s preferred lender won\u2019t consider them for a mortgageWe bought a house in 2010...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-kqZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":148107,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/our-flats-rising-ground-rent-is-going-to-ruin-our-move\/","url_meta":{"origin":78553,"position":0},"title":"Our flat\u2019s rising ground rent is going to ruin our move","date":"November 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Our buyer\u2019s lender has pulled out because the charge rises with the property\u2019s rising value. 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