Failure of the 95% mortgage market is one of the many reasons why Joint Equity is so popular and allows many more people to live in their own home and benefit from increase in the value of the property. Many people ask Brad Bamfield, our CEO, why would a Resident Partner use Joint Equity when […]
We all know buying your home is stressful and it seems everyone concerned with it adds their own problems. Estate agents, sellers, lawyers, mortgage brokers, mortgage lenders, valuers but they can really cause problems for a traditional buyer. The good news is that if you are a prospective Joint Equity Resident Partner we, and our […]
The answer, at least from research that My Home Move have completed, seems to suggest no. However, we find that our prospective Resident Partners understand Joint Equity Shared Home Ownership very well. So is the problem with the “public” regulated providers such as housing associations and Councils? Does the private sector such as Joint Equity do […]
Home ownership has sailed for one in four young Brits says Halifax Building Society Report The headlines from the report:- There are approximately 19.5M young Brits in the UK. 25% (4.8M) of 18-34 year-olds are relying on inheritance to get on the property ladder One in 10 (1.9M) young people would leave the UK for […]
If you’re one of millions of people that don’t have access to family financial support, there are a range of Government Schemes to help you take your first step on the ladder and we outline the key points below. Then we look at the Joint Equity Shared Home Ownership scheme for comparison. Well we would […]
Joint Equity now helps retired people who are trapped in rental properties buy a home of their own. We have always helped first time buyers and divorced and separated but the demand from older would be buyers who have perhaps been refused mortgages or believe they will never have the security of their own home […]
A ‘chronic shortage’ of homes for sale in Britain’s cities has helped to push house prices up in urban areas by more than 10 per cent this year. It means buyers need to earn significantly more than a typical wage before they can own a city home. New figures suggests that out of 20 major […]
A new report from mover conveyancing services provider, My Home Move, has found that the number of shared home ownership purchases increased by over 130% in the last six years. The Government shared ownership scheme, which was re-launched eight years ago via HomeBuy Direct, has grown in popularity as house prices across the country have […]
Rent rises could triple in 2017 after a year of little growth as landlords pass on new costs to tenants Extra tax charges for landlords will be passed on to tenants, claims Landbay But rents were up just 1.1% in the year to November, falling behind inflation Forecast that rents will rise by 3% next […]
In this article Brad Bamfield, Joint Equity CEO, discusses Joint Equity Shared Home Ownership – a new way to buy a home for home owners and new opportunities for investors. There are over 1 million people trapped in the rental market with all the wasted money and insecurity that entails when they would rather live […]