We're buying a flat, and the agent has been dealing with a man, Mr X. as the vendor. It's been let out, and we're buying it as a BTL. It emerges that the owner on the registry is a woman, Mrs. Y. I asked the estate agent whether he had met Mrs. Y and he said no, but that the Mr X is apparently her husband. He did not ID her. Her solicitors are useless in every way, so if they have ID her, they haven't told us they have.
My solicitor's point is that Mr X could be anyone and that property fraud is growing, particularly with BTL sales which are quite impersonal.
I've checked on 192.com and she exists, at the address given, and her job checks out. Would I be very out of order to call her up at work and confirm she is selling her flat?
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bit worried about the vendor, would you be worried?
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theshrewdavenger · 14/02/2014 14:14
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