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Products & Services
Free £10k deposit scheme “no silver bullet”
The First Homes Fund is a constructive intervention, but "not a silver bullet", according to Leeds Building Society's Louise Drummond.
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Housing Market
New ISA for first-time buyers ‘will kickstart’ property market
The Government is replacing the Lifetime ISA with a new savings plan for first-time buyers with no upper age limit.
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Products & Services
Interest-free £10k deposit scheme opens
Housing Cabinet Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville says the scheme is to help Scotland's first-time buyers onto the property ladder.
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Regulation & Law
Government considers Help to Buy revival
Slowdown in new-build sales prompts discussions at ministerial level about how to boost demand.
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Regulation & Law
Chancellor considers looking at reviving Help to Buy – claim
Hamptons believes that the Government could use Help to Buy scheme to give the stalled market a boost.
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Housing Market
Chancellor to relaunch mortgage guarantee scheme for first-time buyers
Rachel Reeves is expected to confirm that Freedom to Buy is being introduced to help first-time buyers on a permanent basis.
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Agencies & People
BREAKING: Labour to help 80,000 people buy first home
The party, which has been light on housing policy up until now, wants to extend the existing mortgage guarantee scheme.
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Housing Market
Agency reveals where Help to Buy withdrawal is hitting hardest
Since 2013 Help to Buy helped 387,195 first-time buyers onto the property ladder, allowing them to purchase properties to the tune of £24.7 billion. But no longer.
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Latest property news
Estate agency chief warns Help to Buy is ‘ticking time-bomb’
Trade body boss Nathan Emerson is warning the after-effects of the Help to Buy scheme could create a dangerous housing bubble.
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Latest property news
Help to Buy might not be revived reveals housing minister
Thousands of first time buyers are now in arrears as mortgage payments rocket, and housing minister Rachel Maclean says Help to Buy pushes prices up.
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