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Jargon Buster

Understand property related jargon.

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  1. Gazumping

    This is when a seller accepts a higher offer from a third party on a property that they have agreed to sell to someone else, but have not yet exchanged contracts.

  2. Gazundering

    When a buyer offers the seller a lower offer just before contracts are about to be exchanged.

  3. Ground rent

    The annual charge levied by the freeholder to the leaseholder.

  4. Guarantor

    The lender may sometimes require a borrower to appoint a guarantor. This is someone who promises to pay the borrowers debt if the borrower defaults.

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