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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 moreTax break could help tenants buy their home from buy-to-let landlords
12 Oct, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /First Time Buyer
Renters should be offered the chance to buy their home from a private landlord if they have rented it for more than three years.
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 moreHome buyers in dark over solicitor referral fees
11 Oct, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer, First Time Buyer, Sale & Purchase
Home buyers talked into using the conveyancing solicitor by their estate agent have no idea if the estate agent then receives commission for introduci...
Read moreThink-tank calls for property levy to replace council tax and Stamp Duty
09 Oct, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer, First Time Buyer, Sale & Purchase
A major think-tank has called for stamp duty and council tax to be scrapped and replaced by a levy based on a property's current market value.
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 moreEquity release on the increase as older homeowners cash in
05 Oct, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /Equity Release
Older homeowners are taking advantage of an increase in the number of products now available in the equity release market.
Read moreA fifth of homebuyers bypass traditional lenders for alternative finance
03 Oct, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer, First Time Buyer, Sale & Purchase, Seller
The alternatives include crowdfunding, unregulated loans and mezzanine financing, a complex type of business funding.
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
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