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Your purchasing strategy must show you’ve considered commercial and technology aspects, and contractual limitations.

• Updated: 29 November 2023

How to buy a home: preparing to buy, deciding on a home, making offers, conveyancing, paying Stamp Duty Land Tax and making complaints.

• Overview

  Buying a home takes about 5 months on average. The process can take longer…

• Preparing to buy

  When you decide you want to buy a home, you may need to get a mortgage to…

• Deciding on a home

  There are different ways to own a property. Leasehold and freehold…

• Making an offer

  Before you make an offer, check: what the property is worth the number of…

• Transferring ownership (conveyancing)

  Once the offer is accepted, the seller is responsible for drawing up a…

• Tax

  You may need to pay: Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when you buy a home in…

• Making a complaint

  You can make a complaint to a company involved in the sale if you’re…

How consumers can reduce their energy costs by getting a group deal

• Updated: 22 January 2013

Find out about clearance applications and how to apply to HMRC for advance confirmation of an exempt distribution when a company purchases its own shares.

• Updated: 3 December 2021

Information to support vessel owners and licence holders of under-12 metre English vessels.

• Updated: 12 May 2025

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.

• Updated: 5 April 2022

Information on legal requirements and advice for British nationals buying or renting property in Spain.

• Updated: 13 May 2021

Joining a union and getting recognition for collective bargaining and agreements - legal rules about membership, union reps and your rights

Use this form to dispute the validity of a blight or purchase counter notice.