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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…
Help to Buy and affordable home ownership schemes to help first-time buyers and home movers - equity loan, ISA, shared ownership
People with a long-term disability looking to buy a suitable home on the open market may be able to do so using the HOLD shared ownership scheme.
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.
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.
VAT and other taxes on shopping and services, including tax-free shopping, energy-saving equipment and mobility aids.
People aged 55 or over and looking to buy a home can buy an initial share in an Older Persons Shared Ownership scheme (OPSO) home and pay rent on the rest.
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.
Greater access to justice thanks to Government’s plans for legislation to help claimants receive funding to take on powerful organisations in court.
This series brings together correspondence and documents relating to the Asset Purchase Facility (APF).
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