I would like to join in here so that I don’t have to start a new thread for my similar question.
We received relatively short-notice approval for a piece of land and the notary appointment is coming up soon. The payment deadline for the land is mid-April. Although we are simultaneously attending many appointments for the house construction and getting quotes, I see timing difficulties for full financing (land + house):
[*]I should already have financing approval for the land at the notary appointment. I don’t think that due to income etc. a bank would refuse to finance the land, but I see a risk here.
[*]For a construction loan, I should actually already have a building permit, right?
[*]Even if not, I cannot assess whether we will have decided on a construction project and have all necessary documents by early April.
I was at a mortgage broker and a bank, both recommended doing it through a variable loan. So variable now for the land and then once I have everything, a full financing for land + house and repay the variable loan.
The mortgage broker told me that regarding the land charge and registration in 1st place there are no problems because the land charge can be transferred from Bank A to Bank B. Only additional fees of 700-800 euros would be incurred for this.
Now I need your advice on two questions:
[*]Do you also see interim financing through a variable loan as the most sensible option in this case? (Equity is not sufficient for the land)
[*]Is it correct that the lower land charge of Bank A for the land can simply be assigned to a higher land charge of Bank B for land + house and this results in lower fees? Or what is the usual procedure here?
I would actually like to avoid cancellation and complete re-registration, as that would probably mean additional costs of 2,000 - 3,000 euros?
Thank you for your support.