Shared Ownership Week: Case study – Natalie
Living at home with her parents, paediatric nurse Natalie Greenhow believed that owning her own apartment was well beyond her means until she found out about shared ownership, a way of purchasing an...
View ArticleBen Bailey Homes releases final three-bedroom houses at West Yorkshire...
House-hunters have a limited chance to buy a three-bedroom home at Harvest View in Garforth as developer Ben Bailey Homes has just released the final examples of these property types. Priced from...
View ArticleShared Ownership Week: Case study – Foule
When Foule Diaby and her partner Moussa decided that they need more room than their rented property in Southwark gave them, they turned to shared ownership to secure a large new-build apartment in a...
View ArticleBudget 2013: Help to Buy, NewBuy mortgage guarantee extension and pledge for...
The government have made significant alterations to two popular housing schemes and have showed their commitment to affordable homes in the budget 2013. Chancellor George Osborne in his speech...
View ArticleBudget 2013: Government's zero carbon homes commitment praised
The Government has been praised over its commitment to the environmental impact of new homes after a previous lack of clarity on the 2016 target for all new homes to be zero carbon will be achieved....
View ArticleBudget 2013: Property Industry Reaction
By Marc Da Silva Chancellor George Osborne today announced new measures to boost mortgage lending in a bid to help more people to buy their own homes.FirstBuy, which was aimed at first-time buyers on...
View ArticleShared Ownership Week: Case study – Kerry
At the age of 26, Kerry Bhanvra had spent most of her life in the sought-after village of Appleton Roebuck, North Yorkshire, living with her parents. Much of the village is a designated Conservation...
View ArticleMortgage blog: Just 1 in 50 mortgages are for borrowers with a small deposit
New figures from the Financial Services Authority show that just 2% of mortgages granted in the last quarter of 2012 were to borrowers with a deposit of less than 10%. Despite falling mortgage rates,...
View Article“We are taking measures to help people buy their own home,” says George Osborne
More property industry reactions.The chancellor George Osborne this morning rejected Labour's calls for an economic U-turn, and insisted that his Budget will help fix the UK economy.He told BBC...
View ArticleShared Ownership Week: Case study – Phillip
It took just two months for teacher Phillip Minnaar to purchase his brand new apartment in Cricklewood with a shared ownership deal through Octavia Living.Phillip had believed at with house prices so...
View ArticleSpringfield’s West Linton development goes on sale
Leading Scottish homebuilder Springfield Properties has announced that sales will open on Easter Friday 29th March for its new Robinsland development of 91 homes, the first housing development in the...
View ArticleShared Ownership Week: An interview with Bev Hall of Bromford Homes
Name and business title: Bev Hall, Sales and Marketing Director, Bromford Homes.Where is your firm offering new homes? We have shared ownership developments across central England - from Staffordshire...
View ArticleRefinement and opulence promised by Millgate at Regency Place
Even in austere times, Millgate is celebrating one of Britain's most opulent eras at its latest luxury homes development in sought-after Walton-on-the Hill, Surrey. The period was marked by drama and...
View ArticleBarratt to launch new homes in popular Crawley suburb this weekend
Barratt Homes is inviting house-hunters looking for new homes in Crawley, West Sussex to register their interest ahead of an exclusive launch event for its Foundry Place development on Saturday 23rd...
View ArticleShared Ownership Week: Case study – Jo
Jo was renting a place with four friends when two of them decided to take the plunge and buy a property through shared ownership. With the rental arrangement inevitably changing as a result, Jo also...
View ArticleWeekly affordable homes round up
The chancellor George Osborne this week announced plans to provide extra funds to build 15,000 more affordable homes in England by 2015 as part of a series of measures to kick-start the housing...
View ArticleCharles Church Developments set to unveil its first ever new homes in Lancashire
Premium housebuilder Charles Church Developments is inviting house-hunters looking for a new home in Lancashire to express their interest in its brand new development in Euxton. Worden Copse is a...
View ArticleShared Ownership Week: Case study – Laurence and Laura Ann
In common with many young people in London, Laurence and Laura Ann Witt were caught in the "rental trap", without enough savings to be able to buy a property and all the while paying more in rent than...
View ArticleShared Ownership Week: An interview with Andrew Garrens of Broadacres Housing...
Name and business title: Andrew Garrens, Senior Development Manager, Broadacres Housing Association.Where is your firm developing new homes? We are currently developing around 200 properties a year...
View ArticleShared Ownership Week: Case study – Steve
Family Mosaic helps many aspiring homeowners get on the property market with its shared ownership schemes before the average age of 35 for a first-time buyer. Steve Tolan is one of those who managed to...
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