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Supporting the Armed Forces onto the home ownership ladder.
Help to Buy and affordable home ownership schemes to help first-time buyers and home movers - equity loan, ISA, shared ownership
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.
The Right to Shared Ownership scheme allows some tenants in England to buy…
You may be eligible to buy a share of your rented home through the Right…
When you apply for Right to Shared Ownership, you’ll need to make sure you…
For a shared ownership home, you need to pay rent for the share you do not…
There are 9 steps to apply for Right to Shared Ownership. 1. Tell your…
You can buy more shares in your home after you become a shared owner. This…
You can sell your shared ownership home at any time. If you own a 100%…
When you buy a home with Right to Shared Ownership, your lease will have…
You’ll usually need to get the landlord’s permission to rent out (sublet)…
You can get free advice about how to buy a home through the Right to…
If you make supplies of second hand goods, works of art or antiques and collectors items you can choose to use this simplified margin scheme to account for VAT.
Rules on consumer and business sales contracts under the Unfair Contract Terms Act and Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations
Guidance about compensation to owners and occupiers of residential properties once a compulsory purchase order comes into force.
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.
How to buy a home: preparing to buy, deciding on a home, making offers, conveyancing, paying Stamp Duty Land Tax and making complaints.
Details of schemes that are now closed for applications.
How to make a complaint about Help to Buy: Equity Loan
GBS product specifications: mandatory for central government departments and related organisations; encouraged for wider public sector.
Your right to buy your council home - including how to apply, who is eligible, discounts available and where to get help and advice.
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.
Information on how to apply for the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026.
How to find digital outcome, specialist and user research services on the Digital Outcomes and Specialists framework.
If you’re travelling abroad, it's important to take out appropriate travel insurance before you go.
Councils across the country will be able to buy cheaper land to help build thousands more social and affordable homes.
Information for Homes England’s partners developing homes through the Affordable Homes Programme (AHP).
Buy your housing association home - including how to apply, who is eligible, discounts available and where to get help and advice.
Find out how you could be made liable for the unpaid VAT of another VAT-registered business when you buy or sell specified goods.
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