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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 about buying a home through shared ownership. Read about who can apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares and repairing and selling your home.
You can buy a home through the shared ownership scheme if you cannot…
You can buy a home through shared ownership if both of the following are…
You’ll need to plan for all the costs when buying a home. When you’ve…
For a shared ownership home, you need to pay rent to your landlord for the…
There are 4 steps to apply for a shared ownership home. 1. Check if you…
You can search for shared ownership homes for sale in England in several…
You will need to pay for repairs and maintenance no matter what share you…
You can buy more shares in your home after you become the owner. This is…
You can sell your shared ownership home at any time. If you own 100% of…
You can normally rent out (sublet) a room in the home, but you must live…
You can get free advice about how to buy a shared ownership home or…
The legal process of home repossession, including what your mortgage lender must do, repossession hearings, possession orders and help with legal costs
If you miss your mortgage repayments and cannot agree a repayment plan,…
What your mortgage lender must do Before a mortgage lender can repossess…
If your lender starts a repossession action against you, the court will…
If you’re on low income, you might be eligible for legal aid. It can help…
Repossession hearings normally take place in a judge’s chambers, not in a…
The lender can only repossess your home if the court grants permission.…
You can ask a judge to ‘suspend the warrant for possession’. This means…
If you think the judge made mistakes about the law or the facts of your…
Help from your council Your local council must give you advice to help you…
Links to design and placemaking guidance content developed by Homes England.
The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.
This document is an initial set of starter homes design exemplars put together by the government’s new Design Advisory Panel.
You can no longer apply for the Help to Build Equity Loan. Find out what happens after you’ve applied and how to make a complaint.
How to sell a home: Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), using estate agents, finding a legal professional, getting offers, transferring ownership and making complaints.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
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