The Scottish Government has announced a new scheme to help first-time buyers with a deposit for a new home. The “First Home Fund” will contribute up to £25,000 towards the cost of buying a property through a ‘shared equity scheme’. Applications are being accepted...
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Are you a first-time buyer? Here’s what you need to know
This article was first published in our November 2018 newsletter. First-time buyers have particular challenges that are, perhaps, not experienced by those who have already made the transition to home ownership. Two of the key areas of particular concern to...
Property statistics – how reliable are they?
This article was first published in our November 2018 newsletter. You could be excused for thinking that property professionals had lost the plot when property statistics seem to conflict. You might hear that the Halifax reports that the average property prices have...