{"id":111004,"date":"2019-09-23T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/do-i-count-as-a-first-time-buyer-if-my-wife-already-owns-a-home\/"},"modified":"2019-09-23T13:03:33","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T06:03:33","slug":"do-i-count-as-a-first-time-buyer-if-my-wife-already-owns-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/do-i-count-as-a-first-time-buyer-if-my-wife-already-owns-a-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I count as a first-time buyer if my wife already owns a home?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nI\u2019m wondering if I\u2019m eligible for a help-to-buy Isa and stamp duty relief Q My wife and I are both about 50. When we met 20-plus years ago she had already bought a house which I moved into. We have decided now that we want to move and have started looking for property.My questions are: am I classed as a first-time buyer, having never been named on a mortgage or deeds, and would I be able to start a help-to-buy Isa to save a bit of the conveyancing fees? Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2019\/sep\/23\/first-time-buyer-home-help-to-buy-isa-stamp-duty-relief\" target=\"_blank\">Do I count as a first-time buyer if my wife already owns a home?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; I\u2019m wondering if I\u2019m eligible for a help-to-buy Isa and stamp duty relief Q My&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-sSo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":90396,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/my-boyfriend-owns-a-caravan-can-he-still-use-a-lifetime-isa-to-buy-a-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":111004,"position":0},"title":"My boyfriend owns a caravan \u2013 can he still use a lifetime Isa to buy a home?","date":"June 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The caravan is non-residential so I am wondering if he qualifies as a first-time buyerQ My boyfriend and I are thinking of buying a house in the future. 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