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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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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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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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BLOG: Home sales slump ‘a major issue for the economy’
Tax expert Heather Powell says the Government needs to act to reinvigorate the property market and support estate agents.
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Housing Market
London PRS growth slows but ‘rents remain high’
Demand remains high for rental properties of all sizes in London and supply continues to be lower than demand but there are also signs that the market is stabilising.
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Help to Buy ‘must be extended beyond new builds’, says estate agency chief
The trade body's CEO Nathan Emerson welcomes news that Help to Buy may make a comeback, but says it needs to include older properties.
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PM ‘wants to revive Help to Buy for renters’
Rishi Sunak is reported to be interested in bringing Help to Buy back so renters can make the jump onto the housing ladder.
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First-time buyers drowned out of market as cost-of-living storm batters prospects
Homeownership dream in tatters as first-time buyers buffeted by cost-of-living storm with five in 10 doubting they will ever get on the ladder.
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Thousands empowered to build own home with government loans, ministers promise
People with Grand Designs dream able to borrow deposits of between 5-20% under new Help to Build scheme, with one lender already signed up.
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