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Essential 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...
Read moreWhat is a commonhold tenure?
29 Mar, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer, Sale & Purchase
Explaining commonhold, the newest property tenure in England and Wales
Read more1st-time buyers boosted by Stamp Duty cut
29 Mar, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /First Time Buyer
The cut in Stamp Duty Land Tax for first-time buyers is working, according to the UK's estate agents. The number of sales to first-time buyers rose to...
Read moreSolicitors should be clearer on total conveyancing services says legal body
23 Mar, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /Buyer, First Time Buyer, Sale & Purchase, Seller
buyers and sellers have raised concerns about how some conveyancing solicitors behave. They also questioned the quality of some conveyancing services.
Read moreAs remortgages hit 9-year high, let Homeward Legal deal with the legal side
22 Mar, 2018/ by Homeward Legal /Remortgage
Existing home owners take advantage of still-low interest rates and the equity in their property to secure better deals.
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