All Help to Buy articles
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NewsHBF urges the government to launch a replacement for closed Help to Buy
New analysis by the trade body has indicated that the Help to Buy scheme will return £2bn to the exchequer once all loans are repaid
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NewsSector reacts to Conservative Party’s ‘unbalanced’ and ‘frustrating’ manifesto
Modest welcome for Help to Buy relaunch but Tories fail to impress with lack of planning reform
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NewsSunak pledges to revive Help To Buy at Conservative manifesto launch
Party would also abolish nutrient neutrality rules to unlock development as part of plan to build 1.6m homes over the parliament
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NewsGleeson launches new ‘second stepper’ strategy
Housebuilder rebrands to broaden its appeal beyond first-time buyers as high loan rates persist
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NewsHelp to Buy scheme ends after funding new homes worth £110bn
Official figures show the scheme supported 390,000 house purchases
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NewsDLUHC admits handing £1.9bn of housing funds back to Treasury
Gove’s department says affordable homes cash can be re-profiled but £1.2bn of Help to Buy funds lost
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NewsHelp to Buy legal completion deadline extended
Government gives housebuilders two months more to complete sales and more time to finish building homes
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NewsSector slams Budget for lack of support for housing
Bodies criticise chancellor for not recommitting to housing targets, replacing Help to Buy and failing to make more funding available to make homes energy efficient
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NewsHelp to Buy sales drop 11% in final full quarter of scheme
Buyers purchased 6,531 homes between 1 July and 30 September last year with the government equity loan scheme.
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NewsGovernment extends Help to Buy build deadline
Housing minister responds to pressure by giving builders until 17 March to finish homes bought under support scheme
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In FocusLooming Help to Buy build deadline could be costly for purchasers and developers
Buyers talk of “heartbreak” while developers wonder how they will resell properties, prompting calls for extension of build deadline for homes sold under equity loan scheme, writes Joey Gardiner
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NewsPersimmon pauses site openings as sales slump
Housebuilding giant says it has been hit hard by combination of rising rates and closure of Help to Buy
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NewsHelp to Buy build deadline ‘extended’
Homes England says it will not enforce December 31 practical completion deadline but March end date remains
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NewsDemand for rented housing up by a quarter, says Rightmove
Year on year demand has leapt as the volume of people looking to buy has slumped in recent months
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NewsHousing supply rose 10% to 233,000 last year
Increase in official recorded net additions for 2021/22 year comes ahead of expected drop off in build rates
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In FocusHelp to Buy: It’s the end of an era
The final applications have been submitted and the government’s equity loan scheme in England is due to wind up on 31 March next year. Emily Twinch considers what impact this will have on housebuilders.
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NewsFears raised over housing supply impact of Help to Buy closure
Calls for action to support housebuilding in autumn statement as £23bn equity loan scheme ends
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NewsHomes England announces October deadline for Help to Buy applications
Earlier-than-expected 31 October cutoff ‘defies logic’, says HBF
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NewsHelp to Buy sales continue to plummet following introduction of stricter rules
Completions through equity loan scheme are 41% down on the same period pre-pandemic
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NewsHelp to Buy drop off worse in north of England: full impact of new rules revealed
Extra data supplied to Housing Today reveals regional impact of changes to Help to Buy rules