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Paying for Second Home

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Paying for Second Home

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Postby Mike88 » May 4th, 2021, 7:00 pm

I am considering buying a home prior to selling mine. My intention was to sell my shares and pay cash for the new property. If I sell my existing house within 3 years I gather I am able to reclaim the excess stamp duty on the second property. So far so good.

My question is: do I really have to open 7 bank accounts to ensure my funds are protected? I gather the previous unlimited protection offered by the Post Office no longer exits.

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Re: Paying for Second Home

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Postby csearle » May 4th, 2021, 7:25 pm

Make that six, you can park 50000 in premium bonds.

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Re: Paying for Second Home

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Re: Paying for Second Home

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Postby EmptyGlass » May 4th, 2021, 8:39 pm

FSCS savings protection is up to £1million for 6 months when buying/selling a house.

https://www.fscs.org.uk/how-we-work/claims-process/temporary-high-balances/

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Re: Paying for Second Home

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Postby DrFfybes » May 5th, 2021, 2:18 pm

The FSCS does say extra protection is available Real estate transactions (property purchase, sale proceeds, equity release - relating to your main residence only. so I suppose it would relate to your main residence, but we decided not to take the risk.

We opened several savings accounts, plus premium bonds (which can take 6 days to get the money out of if you apply at the end of the month as you need to wait for the next draw!). Remember to keep a record of interest for your tax return(!)

The excess Stamp Duty was repaid within about a week of me applying online - you just need the SDLT reference number from the solicitors when you buy.

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Re: Paying for Second Home

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Postby SteelCamel » May 5th, 2021, 10:14 pm



You can put up to £2,000,000 in the Direct Saver - so unless it's a particularly expensive house, that would seem to cover it. It's instant access online.


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