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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.
If you’re a first-time buyer, you may be able to buy a home for 30% to 50%…
You can look for new homes in your area that are advertised by developers…
Contact the developer or estate agent (if you’re buying from a previous…
The council will issue a certificate that shows you can be a First Homes…
Once you’ve bought the home, you no longer have to meet First Homes…
You can usually let your entire property for no more than 2 years in total…
You can usually only sell the property to someone who is eligible to buy a…
Park (mobile) home owner rights and responsibilities - fees and repairs, selling or giving away a home and residents' associations, settling disputes
Your rights and obligations are listed in a written agreement with the…
You have a rent contract if you pay rent to a landlord. It does not have…
Pitch fee You have to pay a ‘pitch fee’ to the park owner to rent the land…
Selling The park owner gets up to 10% of the selling price (known as a…
Park owners are responsible for: keeping common areas (like shared paths)…
You can set up a ‘qualifying’ residents’ association to represent home…
If you have a dispute with the park owner that you cannot work out, you…
How you can add, remove or replace one or more homeowners, with a process known as a Transfer of Equity.
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.
Check if you're a joint tenant or tenants in common. Change from joint tenants to tenants in common, or tenants in common to joint tenants
Includes buying and selling your home, home ownership schemes, mortgages and compensation
How to update the property records and transfer a registered property when someone dies using forms DJP, AS1 and AP1.
Help to Buy and affordable home ownership schemes to help first-time buyers and home movers - equity loan, ISA, shared ownership
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.
Data on ownership, mortgages and second homes for owner occupiers and first time buyers in England.
Renting a room in your home out - Rent a Room Scheme, types of tenancy or licence, rent, bills, tax and ending a letting
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.
Find a property and get its title plan, title register and see who owns it
Provides further detail on First Homes and their implementation.
How to sell a home: Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), using estate agents, finding a legal professional, getting offers, transferring ownership and making complaints.
Find out if you have to pay Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) on transfers of land or property depending on type of transfer, your marital status and other factors.
Leasehold property - leasehold disputes, buying the freehold, service charges, lease extensions and Right to Manage
Registering land or property in England - first time registration, transfer of ownership, changing your details on the register, where to register in Scotland or Northern Ireland
How to register an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers, so it can buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK.
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