From: robertmlaws@yahoo.com (Robert)
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Exhange of contracts to completion: time period
Date: 17 Nov 2004 05:14:11 -0800

"Tumbleweed"  wrote in message news:<2vtq46F2pv437U1@uni-berlin.de>...
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> >>> "bruce phipps"  wrote in message
> >>> news:27351d26.0411151218.1b3501e9@posting.google.com...
> >>> > I'm a first time house buyer, located in the North of England.
> >>> > My house purchase is going very smoothly so far -- survey was OK,
> >>> > mortgage offer has been processed OK, seller is not in a chain and can
> >>> > vacate ASAP.
> >>> > We are now coming up to exchange of contracts.
> >>> > What is the usual length of time between exchange of contracts and
> >>> > completion in England? Is 2 weeks OK in my situation?......



...  you'd get searches etc done before exchanging, 
> since after exchanging you will lose your deposit if you decide not to 
> proceed (after finding a problem with a search)

Most searches are done before exchange but some (like bancruptcy
search) are done between exchange and completion.  is this not so?

Robert