What does 'Cash Buyer' mean when buying a property?

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Cash Buyer

A cash buyer is someone who does not need to borrow (take out a mortgage or loan) or to sell any property in order to buy.

Some first time buyers sometimes believe they are "cash buyers" this is untrue if they need a mortgage. The correct term for this type of purchaser is "Chain Free Buyer".

Cash Buyer Only Properties

Some properties are offered for sale to "Cash Buyers Only". These are usually ones where a bank or other mortgage provider would not feel comfortable lending. Common cash only purchases would include :

properties with uninsured subsidence.

Properties with no inside kitchen or bathroom - a requirement needed for a building to qualify as "uninhabitable" and this be mortgageable.

There are actually ways to raise a mortgage on properties described as Cash Buyer Only via a 100% retention.

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Chapter 15: How to Really Make an Offer on a Property

"... works in your favour. Being open and clear - the more the agent can tell the vendor, the more your offer will shine. If the agent can say, "This is a cash buyer and he has shown me his bank statement as proof" this is much better than "He says he is a cash buyer". Laying down timescales -..."

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Chapter 17: The Property Buying Process in Theory

"... of certainty! What Can Go Wrong As a cash buyer and the surveyor was instructed by you then there is little that can go wrong in the process, although there is plenty that can be wrong in the report (See Chapter 20: What a Property Survey Really Means). If you are applying for a mortgage..."

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"... a buyer there are certain inspections that you may want to carry out to make sure the property is in the condition that you believe it to be. The most basic and recognised is a survey. As a cash buyer you may simply want to carry out a valuation survey to get a second opinion of the price you think the property is worth. If you are applying for a mortgage the lender will have carried this out for their own records and will make you aware of the results (see..."

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"... officially instructed by you, your solicitor has a set number of actions to undertake. Most are dictated by the lender you are using via the CLM Handbook (see above) but if you are lucky enough to be a cash buyer you can choose to opt out of certain requirements such as local searches (see..."

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Why buying property is right for some and wrong for others;
The state of the market today;
What Brexit and Covid 19 means to the future of UK property;
How the media have become unreliable indicators of the market;
Who makes good quality predictions for the property market (and who doesn't);
How the market works over the short term and the long term;
The difference between property bubbles and property booms;
Why it can be a good idea to buy when prices are falling;
The principles of buying a property to let and what the text books don't tell you;
Ways to get on the property ladder when it looks impossible;
How professional buyers and investors work with estate agents to get better deals;
Why you should see as many Financial Advisors as possible;
What to do before you start viewing so you don't lose your dream home;
Who the surveyor, solicitor and estate agent are really working for;
How to make an offer to get things your way;
Who to trust and who, with the best intentions, may be misleading you;
Why you should work to minimise the time between offer agreed and exchange;
Making sense of a property survey including:
- What type of survey to get and why structural surveys can be money wasted;
- Why surveyors should never estimate the cost of works;
- When rising damp, penetrating damp, subsidence, cracking, sagging roofs, bulging walls and all the other frightening things in a surveyor's report might be serious, and when they are not;
- Why asking the vendor to carry out work is not always a good idea.
Step by step guides explaining what should be happening, what can happen, and how to solve mole hills before they become mountains;
Over 140 terms in an easy to use glossary so the jargon of the property industry can be understood;
20 true stories of successes, and disasters, that real people experienced when buying a property.

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