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Thanks, Nigel. We heard about this from 2 persons - a person who is trying to buy another property in the development got stuck on this - and the person helping us applying (who is supposed to know about the rules...) We will press on.

If the developer owes tax on our property, will we have to pay ...

Dear Nigel,
We bought our house in 2010 (built in 2006). Our contract is at the land registry, there was no mortage on the house and so on. so we want to apply for title deeds according to the new regulations, have filled the form etc.. But we are told that we cannot, because the developer, Hassapis ...

We have seen the search from the land registry. This shows the mortgage registered to the property. Our lawyer explained to us that this mortgage will continue to be registered at the land registry until the time that title deeds are issued.

What our lawyer will not show us is the documentation ...

Our lawyer has completed searches on a property we want to buy and says that is it ok; all mortgages have been repaid. When we asked to see documentation, she said that no documentation will be given. When we asked her how she can know if there is no documentation, she says her firm has made ...

Thanks! We have not signed any contract. She has sent us a draft contract, and we have expressed our reservations about that contract and requested some changes. We are also waiting for her to inform us about her search results. Why that would take her 3-4 months we do not understand.

It has been ...

Dear Nigel,

I turn to you again in despair! We have not heard from our laywer in almost four weeks. She does not answer our emails, nor respond to our phone calls. In the four months the process has taken, we have gotten nowhere.
Can we just fire her and request that she sends us our deposit and ...

Thank you!

Dear Nigel,
We are still struggling to fully understand the title deeds problem. In the case that there is no mortgage and no debt on the house, and all the searches are satisfactory, what is the situation of the buyer with no title deeds in case of the bankruptcy of the developer?
As the developer ...

I am buying a resale house. My lawyer refuses to answer any more questions from me, as she thinks I have too many. I am a foreigner, and most of the procedures seem very strange to me. Can you help me with 2 of them?

1. My lawyer says I am to transfer the whole purchase or at least 30 % to her ...