QUOTE(frozen7 @ Apr 6 2013, 07:25 PM)
Sorry.. first time buyer here.. LO is only valid for 1-2 months, what does it mean? Does it mean S&P has to be settled within the 1-2 months grace period before signing LO?
OK, no worry.
First, separate the issue of btw S&P signing and Letter Offer signing.
We are uncertain of the S&P signing date due to developer is still yet to obtain the AP & DL for this project, Alpine. AP ( Advertising Permit ) and DL ( Developer License ) means dev had obtained the approval for official selling after granted the selling price and advertising period permit / approval, and hence S&P can be sign after this stage.
For Letter Offer, we can apply the loan anytime, as long as the banks EF are ready but the issue is, if your loan is approve now, you must sign it or reject the offer within 1 month, where, the Letter Offer only valid for 1 month ( most banks had changed from 2 months to 1 month ) and you're unable to sign it if you decide to take the loan after 4 months later.
Another problem now is, SA said only Maybank is panel and other banks are all pending. So, at this period, the developer would like us to secure the financing to confirm our purchase, but, also, due to limitation of panel banks, we can hold until they announce the S&P signing date soon.
For developer, S&P doc preparation is very fast and easy, the documentation from the panel solicitor is very standard in their copy, where they just change name, ic number, unit number, price and etc and just print for each buyer. We don't have to worry this, where, the solicitor will call us once it is ready for signing.
In normal deal, when we paid a booking for a property, we are given 14 working days for loan application and S&P signing date. In today's busy market, not every individual is so discipline to prepare the full documents in the day he / she paid booking and pass to the bankers the next day, where some banks are fast approval like 2-3 days ( esp for solid income earner / easily verified income ) and some took 2 weeks ( if the project injected too many cases into the bank / complicated income verification )
Hope it clarify....