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Products & Services
Your First Home income cap could shut out key workers
An income cap of £90,000 is being considered on the Your First Home scheme, but brokers warn this could exclude many borrowers.
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Products & Services
Your First Home won’t close Bank of Mum and Dad
Mortgage experts warn there are still buyers who can’t afford larger deposits outside of the scheme.
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Housing Market
Andy Burnham vows to bring ‘hope’ back to the housing market
Prime Minister Andy Burnham used his Labour Party Conference speech to pledge first-time buyer support and a clampdown on bad landlords.
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Housing Market
Questions raised about Your First Home scheme
HomeFinder AI's James Nightingall questions if the new scheme will help first-time buyers or drive business for struggling developers.
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Regulation & Law
Revived Help to Buy scheme to be revealed in Budget
Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook says the Government is stepping in to support those who can’t rely on help from the bank of Mum and Dad.
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Latest property news
Agency boss calls for new and clearer Help to Buy Scheme
LRG’s New Homes boss Tim Foreman suggests an improved Help to Buy scheme could give the housing market a much-needed boost.
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Housing Market
A new Help to Buy needs better buyer focus, former boss warns
Chris Lee, who was in charge of Help to Buy, claims any efforts to revive the scheme need to help a broader range of buyers.
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Housing Market
New calls emerge to revive Help to Buy
Help to Buy was good for buyers and the Treasury, says the Home Builders Federation's Neil Jefferson.
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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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