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You can no longer apply for a Help to Buy: Equity Loan - find out about interest rates and how to manage your Help to Buy: Equity Loan.
If you're preparing land for homes, we can loan you up to £250 million to cover infrastructure and enabling costs.
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…
When you need permission to remortgage, how your lenders are involved, what documents you’ll need and how to apply.
How to tax a beneficial loan arrangement for a director or employee.
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.
If you're building homes for sale or rent, we can provide finance from £250,000 to cover development costs.
The process you need to follow to repay your Help to Buy: Equity Loan when you decide to sell your home.
Help to Buy and affordable home ownership schemes to help first-time buyers and home movers - equity loan, ISA, shared ownership
Take a look at these case studies to see how a development loan has benefitted other small and medium housebuilders.
Information on how statistics on housing finance and household expenditure are compiled.
What structural alterations are, when and how to apply for permission, how they may affect your home's value and what you owe on your equity loan.
Find out more information on relocation expenses and benefits that qualify for exemption.
Paper forms which can be used by limited companies to register details about a company charge with Companies House.
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