Seminar timetable
11.00AM | MJP Conveyancing – Helping you achieve your dream!
David Pett, Director and Solicitor, MJP Conveyancing
MJP Conveyancing is here to help first time buyers by providing advice on taking their first step on to the all-important property ladder.
David Pett, Director, realises that buying your first home is one of the biggest decisions of your life, so will aim to make the process easier by guiding you through the initial steps of assessing your affordability, and choosing the best home for you.
He will also explore the key points to ensure you choose the right solicitor, and provide tips on the conveyancing process.
Finally, and most importantly, David will use his expertise to answer your property questions in the hope of removing the smoke and mirrors, which often surround the conveyancing process.
12.00PM | WHICH? MORTGAGE ADVISERS – THE FIRST TIME BUYER’S GUIDE TO MORGAGRS
Rupert Swetman, Head of Mortgages, Which?
The Which? Mortgage Adviser’s seminar will help give first time buyers a clear understanding about all the elements involved when buying their dream home. From determining how much they could borrow, the amount of deposit required to how the mortgage process works and all the mortgage options available in the market. This session will help to clarify the confusing jargon that first time buyers may come across on their journey while laying out the information, and documents, required to secure a mortgage. With plenty of time for your questions too, this session should not be missed.
1.00PM | Help to Buy North West – Make Your Move
Mike Ravenscroft, Manager for Help to Buy North West
There are many homeownership options available to buyers in the North West, including Help to Buy Equity Loan, Shared Ownership and the new Starter Homes initiative.
Mike Ravenscroft from Help to Buy North West will explain the different options and how they work, what a Help to Buy agent does, the criteria and how affordability is assessed and how you access the schemes to help you make your move.
2.00PM | Great Place Housing Group
Lisa Westerman, Group Head of Sales, Great Places Housing Group
Lisa explains what Help to Buy and shared ownership are and who it can help get on the property ladder. She will give you some interesting facts and figures and will explain how to register your interest.
3.00PM | DE-MYSTIFYING LEASEHOLD PROPERTY
Kavita Bharti, Chartered Legal Executive and advisor for LEASE
LEASE adviser, Kavita Bharti will be explaining the key differences between freehold and leasehold property, with the main focus on leasehold. Understanding service charges can often be a minefield, and navigating through what you are obliged to pay for can sometimes be confusing. She will focus on what you should expect to pay for after you have purchased your leasehold property and what the usual leaseholder obligations are. The presentation will conclude with a brief synopsis of long-term remedies available to flat-owners unhappy with the way their building is being managed.
David Pett, Director and Solicitor, MJP Conveyancing
MJP Conveyancing is here to help first time buyers by providing advice on taking their first step on to the all-important property ladder.
David Pett, Director, realises that buying your first home is one of the biggest decisions of your life, so will aim to make the process easier by guiding you through the initial steps of assessing your affordability, and choosing the best home for you.
He will also explore the key points to ensure you choose the right solicitor, and provide tips on the conveyancing process.
Finally, and most importantly, David will use his expertise to answer your property questions in the hope of removing the smoke and mirrors, which often surround the conveyancing process.
12.00PM | WHICH? MORTGAGE ADVISERS – THE FIRST TIME BUYER’S GUIDE TO MORGAGRS
Rupert Swetman, Head of Mortgages, Which?
The Which? Mortgage Adviser’s seminar will help give first time buyers a clear understanding about all the elements involved when buying their dream home. From determining how much they could borrow, the amount of deposit required to how the mortgage process works and all the mortgage options available in the market. This session will help to clarify the confusing jargon that first time buyers may come across on their journey while laying out the information, and documents, required to secure a mortgage. With plenty of time for your questions too, this session should not be missed.
1.00PM | Help to Buy North West – Make Your Move
Mike Ravenscroft, Manager for Help to Buy North West
There are many homeownership options available to buyers in the North West, including Help to Buy Equity Loan, Shared Ownership and the new Starter Homes initiative.
Mike Ravenscroft from Help to Buy North West will explain the different options and how they work, what a Help to Buy agent does, the criteria and how affordability is assessed and how you access the schemes to help you make your move.
2.00PM | Great Place Housing Group
Lisa Westerman, Group Head of Sales, Great Places Housing Group
Lisa explains what Help to Buy and shared ownership are and who it can help get on the property ladder. She will give you some interesting facts and figures and will explain how to register your interest.
3.00PM | DE-MYSTIFYING LEASEHOLD PROPERTY
Kavita Bharti, Chartered Legal Executive and advisor for LEASE
LEASE adviser, Kavita Bharti will be explaining the key differences between freehold and leasehold property, with the main focus on leasehold. Understanding service charges can often be a minefield, and navigating through what you are obliged to pay for can sometimes be confusing. She will focus on what you should expect to pay for after you have purchased your leasehold property and what the usual leaseholder obligations are. The presentation will conclude with a brief synopsis of long-term remedies available to flat-owners unhappy with the way their building is being managed.
