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How to buy a home: preparing to buy, deciding on a home, making offers, conveyancing, paying Stamp Duty Land Tax and making complaints.
Buying a home takes about 5 months on average. The process can take longer…
When you decide you want to buy a home, you may need to get a mortgage to…
There are different ways to own a property. Leasehold and freehold…
Before you make an offer, check: what the property is worth the number of…
Once the offer is accepted, the seller is responsible for drawing up a…
You may need to pay: Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when you buy a home in…
You can make a complaint to a company involved in the sale if you’re…
Buy your housing association home - including how to apply, who is eligible, discounts available and where to get help and advice.
You might be able to buy your rented housing association home at a…
You can get a discount of between £9,000 and £16,000 on the price of your…
Fill in the Right to Acquire application form. Send it to your landlord.…
If your landlord agrees to sell, their offer will tell you: the price they…
If you sell your home within 10 years of buying it through Right to…
Ask your landlord about Right to Acquire. They may also be able to help…
How to sell a home: Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), using estate agents, finding a legal professional, getting offers, transferring ownership and making complaints.
Selling a home takes about 5 months on average. The process can take…
If you have a mortgage on the property you’re selling, you’ll need to move…
An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) tells you how energy efficient a…
You can sell your home yourself or use an online, high street or hybrid…
A legal professional can handle the legal work involved in transferring…
Choosing a buyer Buyers can make offers verbally (over the phone or in…
After you’ve accepted an offer, you’re responsible for drawing up a legal…
You can contact a legal professional if you need help selling a property…
How to take part in research to help improve buying and selling.
A guide to buying a home in England and Wales.
Find out about buying a home through shared ownership. Read about who can apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares and repairing and selling your home.
Buy your rented home through the Right to Shared Ownership scheme: who can apply, how to apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares, repairing and selling your home.
Provides further detail on First Homes and their implementation.
Help to Buy and affordable home ownership schemes to help first-time buyers and home movers - equity loan, ISA, shared ownership
Your right to buy your council home - including how to apply, who is eligible, discounts available and where to get help and advice.
Includes buying and selling your home, home ownership schemes, mortgages and compensation
Privacy notice for the ‘Home buying and selling improvement’ research with citizens.
How the First Homes scheme works, who is eligible, how to apply and the rules for managing a First Homes property after you buy one.
Information on freehold estates which are private and mixed tenure estates where shared areas are not owned or looked after by the local council.
Rent a property at a discount to help with the cost of saving for a deposit to buy a home. Information on who is eligible and how to apply.
Details of schemes that are now closed for applications.
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