For anyone thinking about buying a new build home, one of the first steps will often be visiting a show home.
There can be a lot to take in when looking around a show home for the first time – even more so following the Covid-19 pandemic, where all housebuilders have built in a raft of new measures to allow people to visit safely.
From extending the Stamp Duty holiday and a new 95% mortgage guarantee, the Budget offers a boost to homebuyers with Elan Homes welcoming the measures.
Under the Stamp Duty holiday, extended to June 30, buyers won’t pay tax on the first £500,000 of a property purchase price. This means most new Elan homes will be tax-free.
Marie Morris, sales director for Elan Homes in the...
A double reduction in the cost of getting a foot on the new build ladder via last week’s Budget has boosted new build property affordability by as much as £132,000 in some parts of the market.
Research by snagging and defect management experts, BuildScan , looked at the current average new build house price, the sum saved due to the extension of the stamp duty holiday, the reduction...
The Government-backed Help to Buy scheme has helped over 270,000 new home buyers since it was introduced in 2013. However, from 1st April this year, the scheme is changing. Emma Cotterill, regional sales and marketing director for Kier Living Western, explains what local buyers need to know.
Help to Buy was introduced to help new home purchasers with deposit funds. Initially open to...
WiggyWam , the all in one property platform, has revealed that the vast majority of home movers still opt for the help of a traditional high street agent, while a higher percentage chose to go it alone with a DIY sale rather than use an online or hybrid agent.
WiggyWam’s market analysis of home sellers shows that 88% of people who have recently moved home hired a traditional high...
The latest research from new build snagging company, HouseScan , has revealed which regions of England have seen the most new homes delivered over the last 30 years.
HouseScan analysed new build completions since 1990 looking at total new homes completed in each region and what this total equates to as a percentage of all new homes built across the nation.
The latest research from new build snagging company, HouseScan , has revealed where new build homebuyers have enjoyed the largest return on their investment in the last five years, as the strongest pockets of the new build market see prices boom by as much as 48%.
HouseScan analysed new build house price growth across the sector and found that with a current average of £302,927, new...
National housebuilder Redrow Homes has a selection of three-bedroom and four-bedroom house types available at its Saxon Brook Development in Pinhoe, Exeter.
Plot 187 is a three-bedroom Warwick, which is priced at, £348,995, meaning it is eligible for the new Government backed help to buy scheme. This scheme enables first time buyers to purchase a brand-new home sooner, requiring a...
The latest data from the latest research from new build snagging experts, HouseScan , has revealed where the new build sector has made the most significant contribution to housing stock across the property market over the last year.
HouseScan analysed the recently released net additional dwellings data for 2019-2020 from the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government ,...
