BMV property deal gone wrong – what would you do?

BMV property deal gone wrong – what would you do?

9:50 AM, 29th November 2012, About 12 years ago 15

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BMV Property Deal Gone WrongAlex has written in to ask other landlords what they would do if faced with a similar scenario of a BMV deal gone wrong. BMV means “Below Market value” by the way, just in case you didn’t know.

“I purchased a 2 bed flat (67 years left on the Lease) which was repossessed. I purchased for £80,000 but knew they sold for £125,000 so thought I was buying a bargain.

The flat was in a lovely condition and tenants could move into it straight away. It was a year ago when I completed the purchase with the benefit of a mortgage from The Mortgage Works at 80% LTV.

I tried to remortgage the flat recently, hoping to raise further finance for a deposit on another property. I paid the survey fee and had a letter saying no finance could be raised as its value was lower than anticipated (valued £90k). I know its worth more than that and asked could I appeal. I was told that to make an appeal I would need to provide three comparables of sales of similar properties in that area in the last 6 months to have a strong case. I looked on Zoopla but the last one sold was 2010 for £107,000 apart from the one I bought!

This is so frustrating!

Has anyone else had these problems or better still can anyone give me a solution?

The product is fixed till December 2013. How can you buy property that you believe is Below Market Value and hope to raise any finance off it if they just decide you can’t have it?

Regards

Alex


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JohnCaversham

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13:34 PM, 30th November 2012, About 12 years ago

Buy a Hometrack valuation on the property-they're around £20 each to do search 'Hometrack valuations' and you'll get the link-its the same tool the valuers use as well as their comps and it provides you with good comparisons and a valuation..

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14:39 PM, 30th November 2012, About 12 years ago

Hi John

Please post the link here. It is not obvious where to find this service on their website. I intend to contact them as this could be a very useful tool to add to our Due Diligence section and may also make for an interesting article in its own right.

Thanks in advance

Regards

Mark

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9:09 AM, 31st December 2012, About 12 years ago

Mark is right and its all about research - doing your own. BMV suppliers have a strong vested interest in appraising the value as high as possible, comparables can be used selectively and refurb costs routinely ignored. It sounds like the short lease was ignored in this case, but any lease below 80 years significantly devalues the asset, and the depreciation increases exponentilally as the lease shortens. You have a statutory right to extend it and there is a formula for calculating the value of the extension that has to be adhered to unless mutually agreed otherwise.

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9:41 AM, 31st December 2012, About 12 years ago

Very good point regarding Lease Extension Rich. In the legal section of our website (hover over Navigation Bar) you will see a page devoted to Lease Extension. This links to an excellent Lease Extension calculator.

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11:57 AM, 1st March 2013, About 12 years ago

pleased to see someone else mentions the requirement for separate salary income,
my latest enquiry gave me a laugh [hollow]
London house so 50% equity, income after a bit of redecorating etc will produce likely income £1,500 week mortgage £700 month so a "bit" over etc
and also residential property 1mill +again 50% equity.
70 so not really looking to get another salary /job etc.thought I'd be reasonable financial risk.Nationwide said they'd offer me a mortgage of£30,000 max due risk factor, ?age etc.
I'd like ro remortgage from nram for a start ,
after reading the info re tax re husband and wife and the various strategies wondered if any my rental income can be converted to salary which might help to find a residential mortgage or is only option to try for btl or ltb.
any oldies out there found a solution advice greatly appreciated,
ps Mark .just found a few more grey hairs after sitting down to my morning cuppa earlier and reading the latest from the BOI.hope you manage to cut them off at the knees, pretty awful stuff and the rest will surely follow. great site thanks for all the info, though I do have to make sure I'm siiting comfortably so to speak before logging onas I never know whats going to cause a splutter like todays news,cheers t

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