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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…
You can make a complaint to a company involved in the sale if you’re…
Find out if your child is eligible for help with the cost of home to school transport
Renting a room in your home out - Rent a Room Scheme, types of tenancy or licence, rent, bills, tax and ending a letting
You’re a resident landlord if you let out part of a property which is your…
The Rent a Room Scheme lets you earn up to a threshold of £7,500 per year…
The way you share your home with a lodger affects what kind of tenancy…
Rent You can charge what you want for rent but should agree the amount…
How to end an excluded tenancy or licence If your lodger is an excluded…
Your property may be classed as an House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) if…
A guide to buying a home in England and Wales.
Get information from your local council about asbestos in your home and how to dispose of it safely
Information on freehold estates which are private and mixed tenure estates where shared areas are not owned or looked after by the local council.
How you can add, remove or replace one or more homeowners, with a process known as a Transfer of Equity.
Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) helps homeowners on certain benefits pay interest on loans or mortgages - what you'll get, eligibility and how to claim.
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.
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.
Green Deal home and business energy-saving improvements - assessments, repayments, Home Improvement Fund scheme
When you need permission to remortgage, how your lenders are involved, what documents you’ll need and how to apply.
Help to Buy and affordable home ownership schemes to help first-time buyers and home movers - equity loan, ISA, shared ownership
Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.
How to apply for a housing association home, types of tenancy agreement and the Right to Acquire
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.
Provides further detail on First Homes and their implementation.
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