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Affordable homes in the pockets of London's first-time buyers
24 Apr, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /First Time Buyer
Affordable homes that are built on small "pockets" of brownfield land that larger developers aren't interested in are starting to spring up across Lon...
Read moreFlat demand in property market could keep interest rate rise on hold
19 Apr, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer, First Time Buyer, Sale & Purchase, Seller
With fewer properties on the market and subsequently fewer buyers looking for a mortgage, that means household spending has dropped.
Read more300,000 people use Help to Buy in its first 5 years
13 Apr, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer, First Time Buyer
Five years on from the first buyers using Help to Buy to get on the property ladder, the Government scheme remains as popular as ever.
Read more5 years of Help to Buy and thousands of 1st-time buyers have benefited
13 Apr, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /First Time Buyer
The Government-financed scheme has helped tens of thousands of first-time buyers get on the property ladder.
Read moreEssential Q&As on Help to Buy shared ownership
13 Apr, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /First Time Buyer
Help to Buy is a Government-backed scheme to allow first-time buyers and low earners to purchase a home.
Read moreMortgages at most affordable level in a decade
11 Apr, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer, First Time Buyer, Sale & Purchase, Seller
There's good news for both homeowners and those keen to buy for the first time - mortgages are more affordable now than they have been in a decade.
Read moreUK homeowners invest £40bn in home improvements
04 Apr, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /Sale & Purchase
Three in four of homeowners said they'd made improvements to their home in the last five years.
Read more20ft sinkhole appears overnight in Welsh mining town
03 Apr, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer
A sinkhole appeared overnight on a new housing estate in South Wales. The hole, said to be around 2ft square and 20ft (6m) deep.
Read moreMore first-time buyers securing a mortgage
03 Apr, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /First Time Buyer
First-time buyers are securing mortgage finance in ever-greater numbers, according to figures from mortgage arrangers. Three-quarters (74 percent) of...
Read moreFrom alienation to quittance, explaining conveyancing's most obscure terms
29 Mar, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer, First Time Buyer, Sale & Purchase, Seller
The terms your solicitor will use for conveyancing services may be everyday language for him or her but are likely to send you straight for the dictio...
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