155 Wembley Families in Limbo Due to Coronavirus

An immediate fallout of the Coronavirus pandemic is that it has placed many Wembley families' house moves on hold.

155 Wembley Families in Limbo Due to Coronavirus
Government guidelines state all house buyers and house sellers who are in the process of selling their Wembley home and moving to a new house must adapt to these temporary arrangements, adjusting their usual practices, agreeing different dates to the house move after the removal of the stay at home actions we are all adopting. In essence, putting the house move ‘on ice’ during lockdown.

However, where the house being moved into is vacant, Government guidance states that you can continue with this transaction although you must observe the Governments guidance on house removals.  There are also exceptions allowed where existing accommodation becomes un-fit to live in (e.g. flood or fire) or occurrences of domestic violence.  Thankfully, the Government have asked mortgage companies to extend the expiry date of any mortgage offer and the Law Society have implemented a standard legal process for delaying completion dates.

So, what does all this mean for the people of Wembley?  

This means the house moves of 155 Wembley families have been put on hold since the coronavirus restrictions brought the UK housing market mainly to a halt in late March.

These are Wembley properties where a sale was agreed between October 2019 and February 2020. During the time between sale agreed and completion, the properties are classified as sold subject to contract.

Interestingly, it has been taking upwards of 14 to 19 weeks from agreeing a sale to the move-in over the last few years.  This means typically, these 155 property transactions mentioned above would have completed between April and June/July 2020, yet have now been placed on hold after the Government asked buyers and sellers to delay house moves where possible.

The value of Wembley property sold
subject to contract amounts to £67,750,000

The pandemic hit just as the Wembley market had been experiencing the Boris Bounce following his General Election landslide in December.  It appears talking to my team and other agents in Wembley, just about every buyer and seller is happy to wait until the restrictions are lifted because they had been holding back their house move because of Brexit.  Interestingly, many of the Wembley homeowners in limbo mentioned above are moving up the property ladder, and whilst being ‘in limbo’, it has made them realise more than ever that the houses they are moving from are too small for their needs and they are keen to crack-on with the sale once restrictions are lifted.

Finally, we cannot forget the tenants of Wembley.  Currently there are 47 families looking to make that move, yet unable to as tenants are under the same restrictions as house-buyers.  This means they too cannot do a physical viewing nor can they move house during lockdown unless the existing accommodation becomes un-fit to live in e.g. flood or fire or occurrences of domestic violence or the person moving is an essential worker.  That doesn’t mean tenants cannot view the property and prepare the paperwork in advance.  In fact many agents think the first Friday after lockdown will be the busiest ever moving day in the history of the UK as there will be a huge pent up demand to move on that date.

At Grey & Co we are preparing behind the scenes for that day so we can get back to doing what we love, helping people move, in a slightly new and adapted way to how we have always done it - 'The New Normal'.

Until then Take Care and Stay Safe.

Abigail & the team at Grey & Co x.

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  Hello, my name is Abigail, and I am the Grey in Grey & Co. I started working here in 2002 as a Junior Negotiator and have worked my way up the ranks since then. I took over running the company in 2014 and have been enjoying the roller coaster that is leadership ever since.   During my 20 plus years at Grey & Co I have dealt with the sale of over £100,000,000 worth of property and overseen the management of assets worth £250,000,000 for clients around the world.   I also had the pleasure of working with my father, the founder of Grey & Co, for 15 years before he sadly passed away and from him, I learnt the work hard ethic and our values today are still the ones that he founded the company on all those years ago.   Be Remarkable, Be Passionate, Be Humble and Be Better.   As a community centric boutique family agency, you couldn’t find a better partner to take with you on your property journey.

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