House prices will rise by 6 per cent next year, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, but renters will lose out the most to inflation. Tenants are set to see the cost of renting a home rise faster than their incomes and faster even than house price growth, RICS suggests rents could rise […]
Almost half (46%) of first time buyers are considering turning to shared equity and shared ownership schemes to enable them to buy their first home, according to research from Lloyds Bank. Of these, one in four (26%) said affordable housing schemes were their only option for getting onto the property ladder and they would […]
Good to see the word being spread about the Joint Equity model of shared ownership. Read some of our latest press coverage here: 1) ‘I earned £9k by “spotting” an empty home’: How buyers, sellers, investors and even a spotter can win in the property market 17th October, by Laura Shannon, featured in This Is […]
There are key questions about the Joint Equity co-ownership scheme from buyers and mortgage advisers alike. They give you valuable insight into what some of the shared ownership market participants care about – so here are our answers. “Key questions here for potential buyers are how much of the profits they receive on sale” You are a co-owner with […]
I have long been a critic of buy-to-let, specifically about the unlevel playing field between landlords and homeowners. The chief concern has traditionally been the favourable tax treatment for buy-to-let. This has allowed landlords to offset many costs against rental income to lower their tax bills – the big one being mortgage interest which was […]
English Housing Survey Headline Report 2013-14 was published in February 2015: What it had to say about the increase in the Private Rented Sector (PRS) and about the 25 to 34 age range is significant. The private rented sector remained larger than the social rented sector. In 2013-14, 19% (4.4 million) of households were renting […]
Home ownership is out of reach for 42% of tenants, who say they cannot afford to save for a deposit at all, and other want-to-be homeowners are unable to save enough. The average amount saved by the 35% of tenants who do save for a deposit is £12,125 – about 7.3% of today’s average house […]
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 […]
Joint Equity offers a new way to buy a home 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 in their own home. There are also many investors falling out of love with Buy […]