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The Conservative Party’s General Election manifesto has committed to resurrecting the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme and temporarily removing Capital...

It's emerged that Homes England and HMRC have explored possible fraud within the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme. This formed part of...

The Government is facing calls to resurrect the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme. The housing support scheme, which provided a Government-backed...

A mortgage expert has expressed concern about the level of borrowers still taking out high loan-to-value government-backed home loans despite falling...

For just over a decade, the Government has operated ‘Help to Buy’ schemes in England. The first of these, ‘NewBuy’, which...

The end of the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme coupled with rising mortgage rates and affordability requirements will mean fewer...

In this guest feature, Ben Bailey, CCO at Even, a mortgage lender for first-time buyers launched this year, provides commentary on the end...

Buyers have until 31 October to reserve a new-build and apply for Government-backed finance before the government’s Help to Buy Equity...

A senior new-build property professional has warned that the Help to Buy scheme will be “sorely missed” by first-time buyers once...

The government has launched a new equity loan scheme for the self-build market. The Help to Build scheme aims to help thousands...

Over 55,000 households bought homes through the government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme in the past financial year - a...

New research from Zoopla appears to show that buyers typically move further away for larger homes rather than smaller or same-size...

Nationwide Building Society is to become the largest mortgage provider to reintroduce 95 per cent Loan-to-Value home loans without government support.  These...

The Chancellor is considering extending the stamp duty holiday for a short period according to a newspaper report this morning. The Daily...

The stamp duty holiday should be extended to include properties that have exchanged but have yet to complete, a leading accountancy...

The government has revealed new regional price caps for its revamped Help To Buy Equity Loan scheme, set to operate between...

New research has identified those local housing market potentially worst hit by the planned changes to Help To Buy in 2021,...

First time buyers purchasing new homes using the government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme paid on average 12 per cent...

The row over whether Help To Buy benefits house builders’ personal wealth more than it assists the housing market is continuing...

The residential research associate director of Cushman & Wakefield says there is now evidence that the Help to Buy equity loan...

In case you missed it yesterday, here’s a summary of everything relating to property that was in Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s Autumn...

The government claims 43 per cent of new homes built since the introduction of the Help to Buy equity loan scheme...

The Financial Times says London Mayor and new Conservative MP Boris Johnson is lobbying the government in a bid to persuade...