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Advice from the experts: Buying your first home
Kate Faulkner, Managing Director of Designsonproperty.co.uk and Propertychecklists.co.uk shares some top tips for first time buyers looking to get on the property ladder. Buying and owning your own home is…
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Advice from the experts: My top tips to help make your first home a reality
Whether buying your first home seems like a distant dream or is something you hope to do in the near future, there are steps you can take now to make…
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Emily Freeman snapped up a family home using Help to Buy
Property solicitor Emily had met her partner Ema, and her teenage daughter Beth, and they wanted a new home with more space – particularly because they had three cats to…
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Callum Trimmer used Help to Buy to purchase a property
Callum Trimmer bought from Crosshall Developers in Leeds in 2019. He purchased a three-bedroom property for £252,000. Callum used the Help to Buy: Equity Loan to secure a £50,000 loan…
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Gail Webber used Help to Buy to purchase her home
Gail bought her £210,000 new dream home from Kier Homes. Gail had seen and heard of the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme, but she wasn’t sure which direction to…
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The mortgage guarantee scheme
Overview The mortgage guarantee scheme (launched in April 2021) is helping to increase the supply of 5% deposit mortgages for credit-worthy households by supporting lenders to offer these products through…
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Stamp Duty Land Tax relief
Overview Stamp Duty Land Tax is a tax to pay if you buy a property in England or Northern Ireland. Different rates of stamp duty are charged on the portion…
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Buying a home – How long will it take?
This page was written by MHCLG’s home buying & selling team. It typically takes around six months to buy and move into a new home. The precise amount of time…
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Campaign resources
Own Your Home communications campaign In May 2021 a new website and communications campaign in England were launched to showcase the government schemes to help people buy their own…