Real Estate & Housing

Finding a home and keeping it safe comes down to what you knew beforehand. Here we go through it in the order the process happens, so nothing gets missed before you sign. We go through the register line by line, the protections that keep a deposit safe in a lease, and when residence registration and the fixed date each take effect - which is why both are best completed on moving day. Subscriptions and purchases, brokerage fees, housing benefit and tenant protection law are covered as well, since a rule change shows up immediately in a contract. We look at procedure and rights before price forecasts. A single contract shapes several years of living, so the aim is to catch the mistakes that are hard to undo before they happen.