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Buying Your New Home

  • Step 1 – Deciding to Buy
  • Step 2 – Budget
  • Step 3 – Location, Location, Location
  • Step 4 – Type of Home
  • Step 5 – Viewing the Home
  • Step 6 – Agreeing to Buy

Contracts Issued

  • Step 1 – Sales Advice Letter
  • Step 2 – Solicitors File Opened
  • Step 3 – Loan Approval / Agreement
  • Step 4 – Contracts Issued
  • Step 5 – Signing the Contract

Contract Exchanged

  • Step 1 – Contract Exchanged
  • Step 2 – Help to Buy
  • Step 3 – Valuation
  • Step 4 – Mortgage Protection / Life Assurance

Home Completed

  • Step 1 – Invitation to Snag
  • Step 2 – Completion Notice
  • Step 3 – Completion Statement
  • Step 4 – Home Loan Draw Down
  • Step 5 – Agreeing the Closing Date

Closing

  • This is what it’s all about. The closing date is the date you become the owner of and get the keys.

Stamping

  • Following the closing, your Solicitor stamps your Transfer deed and returns a copy to the Builders solicitor. Your solicitor then submits the Transfer mortgage Charge to the Property Registration Authority along with Registration fees. The completion of registration of you as the owner may take up to 18 months to complete.

We facilitate Remote Signing

Your documents will be sent to you by a tracked DHL courier, allowing you to sign at home.

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News

A Guide to Local Property Tax

5th November 2021

A Guide to Local Property Tax Local Property Tax (LPT) applies to all residential property owners in Ireland, regardless of where they live. This covers primary or secondary residences, vacation homes, and rental properties. Changes in LPT Since 1 November 2021 Local Property Tax applies to new homes. This change comes about from changes introduced […]

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If you are thinking of buying a new build home or are already in the process, why not contact us for straightforward legal advice that cuts through all the usual paperwork and can save you time and money. Call us on +353 1 6281000 or e-mail us at info@newhomelegals.ie