If you are adding someone on to the property how do you wish to hold the property? Please provide your instructions by completing and returning a“Joint Ownership Declaration” Questionnaire.
We need you to supply the National Insurance Number(s) of all the new owners (required for submission of the Stamp Duty Land Tax Form)
Please provide the name(s) and addresse(s) of anyone to be removed from the property title?
Who will be responsible for the costs of the Transfer of Equity?
Please confirm whether you are receiving any payment as part of the Transfer or Equity and from whom and give details of the amount?
Where you are going to hold the property as beneficial Tenants in Common in unequal shares, what is the split to be. For e.g. 50-50, or 60-40?
Information to consider in supplemental the above Astra Mortgages transfer of equity Advice :
There may be various tax and legal implications when transferring equity for your property. You should always seek the advice of a solicitor on the Astra Mortgages conveyancing panel and accountant before transferring equity.
If your property is leasehold, provisions in the lease may require that you obtain the consent of the freeholder. If such conditions are not complied with you may be in violation of your covenants under the lease. This could trigger the freeholder taking enforcement action against you.
When it comes to preparing the the Land Registry documents your conveyancing solicitor should in the ‘consideration’ panel choose the first option, if consideration is given; otherwise ignore the consideration panel altogether.
If Astra Mortgages is joining in the transfer to release someone from liability, put the release in the ‘additional provisions’ panel if someone is entering into a covenant relating to the charge, place it in the ‘additional provisions’ panel stamp duty land tax is not payable when there is no chargeable consideration for the transfer (Schedule 3, paragraph 1 of the Finance Act 2003). In the case of a transfer subject to a charge (even if the transfer is by way of gift) or if a property has been transferred for no value and there is an associated discharge, HMRC would view this as an assumption of an existing debt by the purchaser (Schedule 4, paragraph 8 of the Finance Act 2003) and stamp duty land tax may be payable if you wish you may state in the ‘additional provisions’ panel that ‘This transfer is made subject to a charge dated… in favour of…’
On form AP1, your conveyancer should describe the transfer as ‘transfer of equity’ to assist Land Registry staff.
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Frequently asked questions relating to ASTRA mortgages transfer of equity