Property News · June 29, 2017

Should we use the London help-to-buy scheme to purchase a home?


Despite having a good deposit, prices in south London seem unachievable, so we are thinking about going for a new-build with government helpQ My little family are looking to buy a house in London after many years of renting and scrupulous saving. The good news is that we have accumulated about £100,000 in savings, but the bad news is that the London property market is unfathomably expensive.We have a daughter under a year old, and hope to have another child in the next few years, so are looking for a two- to three-bedroom house somewhere that’s near our friends, who are mostly in zone two in south London – from Herne Hill to Brixton to New Cross, Peckham and Brockley. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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