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As the Budget approaches and the housing crisis intensifies, it is important to consider what the Chancellor could – and should...

It's emerged that Homes England and HMRC have explored possible fraud within the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme. This formed part of...

The “ticking time bomb” of Help to Buy repayments could be set to explode due to the cost of living crisis,...

The Government is facing calls to resurrect the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme. The housing support scheme, which provided a Government-backed...

A mortgage expert has expressed concern about the level of borrowers still taking out high loan-to-value government-backed home loans despite falling...

For just over a decade, the Government has operated ‘Help to Buy’ schemes in England. The first of these, ‘NewBuy’, which...

First-time buyers are persisting with Help to Buy purchases as cut-off-point approaches for the housing support scheme. To be eligible for an...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has committed to look into issues with the Building Safety Act after MPs claimed leaseholders and Help to...

The end of the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme coupled with rising mortgage rates and affordability requirements will mean fewer...

In this guest feature, Ben Bailey, CCO at Even, a mortgage lender for first-time buyers launched this year, provides commentary on the end...

Buyers have until 31 October to reserve a new-build and apply for Government-backed finance before the government’s Help to Buy Equity...

With UK interest rates on the rise, following the mini-Budget announcement (now since almost entirely reversed), and several lenders pulling mortgage...

A senior new-build property professional has warned that the Help to Buy scheme will be “sorely missed” by first-time buyers once...

Online agent Griffin Property Co has become the latest brand to partner with Help to Buy-style equity loan provider Proportunity. The partnership...

The government has launched a new equity loan scheme for the self-build market. The Help to Build scheme aims to help thousands...

A housebuilding-led mortgage indemnity scheme called Deposit Unlock has now been launched nationally with 17 major developers taking part. Nationwide is the...

Over 55,000 households bought homes through the government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme in the past financial year - a...

New research from Zoopla appears to show that buyers typically move further away for larger homes rather than smaller or same-size...

A new analysis claims Help To Buy has improved building volumes and has not been a drain on taxpayers. The scheme which...

Nationwide Building Society is to become the largest mortgage provider to reintroduce 95 per cent Loan-to-Value home loans without government support.  These...

Over 300,000 new-builds in England have been purchased using the government's Help to Buy Equity Loan since its launch in 2013. Of the...

The Chancellor is considering extending the stamp duty holiday for a short period according to a newspaper report this morning. The Daily...

The stamp duty holiday should be extended to include properties that have exchanged but have yet to complete, a leading accountancy...

The government has revealed new regional price caps for its revamped Help To Buy Equity Loan scheme, set to operate between...

The controversial Help To Buy scheme looks likely to be expanded in breadth and extended in duration to help kick-start the...

New research of the buying habits of first-time buyers in the UK we’ve undertaken here at reallymoving.com shows that Shared Ownership...

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

New research has identified those local housing market potentially worst hit by the planned changes to Help To Buy in 2021,...

Demand for shared ownership properties will rise by over 15,000 units a year when Help To Buy comes to an end...

Data produced by the government showed that some 211,000 homes have been bought using the Help to Buy: Equity Loan. The scheme...

First time buyers purchasing new homes using the government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme paid on average 12 per cent...

The row over whether Help To Buy benefits house builders’ personal wealth more than it assists the housing market is continuing...

Figures released by the government over the weekend show that 14,867 Help To Buy equity loans were taken out in the...

Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the other hand maybe we’re bored with politics, but this year’s Budget...

Consumer body Which? is warning that those who used the Help To Buy equity loan to purchase their homes could face...

New analysis by credit and comparison service Totally Money has revealed the districts where the controversial Help To Buy initiative is...

The residential research associate director of Cushman & Wakefield says there is now evidence that the Help to Buy equity loan...

There has been general support from the industry for the government’s apparent intention to ban new homes in England being sold...

Government schemes like Help To Buy, supposedly assisting more people get on the ladder, have little impact on improving social mobility...

In case you missed it yesterday, here’s a summary of everything relating to property that was in Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s Autumn...

The government says its latest release of figures from its various Help to Buy schemes show that over 185,000 people have...

As we know, the property market in London is notorious for sitting a long way outside the conventions of the wider UK...

The government claims 43 per cent of new homes built since the introduction of the Help to Buy equity loan scheme...

An estate agency analyst has queried whether the £2 billion spent on the equity loan Help To Buy scheme in England...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims the government's flagship housing incentive, Help To Buy, has added £8,250 to the price of a home...

Help to Buy’s equity loan and mortgage guarantee schemes have helped nearly 120,000 people buy a home, according to government figures.  Since...

The Financial Times says London Mayor and new Conservative MP Boris Johnson is lobbying the government in a bid to persuade...