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CREDIT REFERENCE AGENCY

Credit reference agencies (CRAs) are companies that collect and maintain information about an individual’s credit history. This information is used to produce credit reports, ...

COUNTY COURT JUDGEMENT (CCJ)

A county court judgement (CCJ) is a court order that requires an individual or business to pay a debt to a creditor. A CCJ ...

CONVEYANCER/CONVEYANCING

A conveyancer is a qualified professional who specialises in the legal aspects of buying and selling property. Conveyancers are responsible for handling the legal ...

CONTRACT

The legal contract for buying and selling a property in the UK is known as the contract of sale. This is a legally binding ...

CONDITIONS OF SALE

The conditions of sale are the terms and conditions that apply to the sale of a property. These terms may be set out in ...

COMPLETION STATEMENT

A completion statement for the sale of a property is a document that outlines the expenses that need to be paid in order to ...

COMPLETION

Completion is the final stage of the process of buying or selling a property. It is the point at which the buyer takes possession ...

CLOSED BRIDGING LOAN

When you know how you are going to pay back your bridging loan, and more importantly when, then a closed bridging loan is a ...

CHAIN

A property chain is a series of connected property transactions that are dependent on each other in order for the transactions to be completed. ...

CAPPED RATE MORTGAGE

This is a variable mortgage product, either a tracker or discount rate, which has a maximum ceiling interest rate. The maximum rate chargeable will ...

CAPITAL AND INTEREST MORTGAGE

See Repayment Mortgage and/or Mortgage Types.