Jargon buster
Valuation
A simple survey carried out on a property for the benefit of the lender. Because the report is carried out for the lender, if the surveyor makes a mistake you have no legal claim against him.
Valuation Fee
A fee charged to cover the cost of a valuation, typically paid by the borrower.
Value
The price of a property under normal conditions, ie. When the buyer is not forced to buy and the seller not forced to sell.
alexander hall associates limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority for pure protection, residential mortgages and general insurance business. We do not charge a fee for residential mortgage advice; however there is an administration fee for processing each of your standard residential mortgage contracts. The typical administration fee is £399. For impaired credit lending the typical fee is 1% of the mortgage loan. For Buy to Let and Commercial Mortgages a fee of 0.5% of the mortgage loan size applies of which £400 is payable on application with the balance payable on completion.
YOUR HOME MAY BE REPOSSESSED IF YOU DO NOT KEEP UP REPAYMENTS ON YOUR MORTGAGE.