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Mortgage lenders warn of 'cliff-edge' for 1st-time buyers over Help to Buy changes
12 Oct, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /First Time Buyer
The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has issued a warning that without clarity over the future of the scheme, the housing market could...
Read morePolicy shift needed to increase home ownership among the young
11 Oct, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /First Time Buyer
The IFS says rising house prices benefit older generations while keeping younger people out of the home ownership market.
Read moreLondon has most properties bought with Help to Buy
08 Oct, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /First Time Buyer
New research has revealed the property hotspots for those using Help to Buy to purchase a home in England.
Read moreFewer properties on sale adds up to a seller's market
08 Oct, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer, First Time Buyer, Sale & Purchase, Seller
Fewer properties on sale adds up to a seller's market
Read moreGovernment concern over use of Help to Buy for leasehold properties
02 Oct, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /First Time Buyer
The Government minister in charge of England's housing is to examine how the Help to Buy equity loan scheme
Read moreNew online land register promises faster searches for home buyers
01 Oct, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer, First Time Buyer, Sale & Purchase
Sweeping changes in the way people buy a home in England and Wales are underway with Liverpool one of the first cities to move to a new online land re...
Read moreFactory-built modular homes offer solution to housing supply
28 Sep, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /First Time Buyer
A major financial services company is leading the way in manufacturing modular homes that could provide a solution to the lack of housing supply in th...
Read more1st-time buyers now need average salary of £53k
27 Sep, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /First Time Buyer
New data suggests the average income needed to finance a home purchase has risen by 18 percent in the last three years, well above the rate at which e...
Read more45,000 1st-time buyer sales delayed by Help to Buy ISA
26 Sep, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /First Time Buyer
A quarter of first-time buyers are baffled by the Help to Buy ISA, saying the Government's assistance scheme is misleading or unhelpful.
Read moreEssential information on shared ownership for 1st-time buyers
24 Sep, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /First Time Buyer
Shared ownership is one of the most popular elements of the Government's affordable homes schemes with around 200,000 shared ownership properties in t...
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