{"id":162094,"date":"2025-10-04T13:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sweat-equity-homebuyers-turn-builders-for-10k-off-their-mortgage\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T13:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T06:03:10","slug":"sweat-equity-homebuyers-turn-builders-for-10k-off-their-mortgage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sweat-equity-homebuyers-turn-builders-for-10k-off-their-mortgage\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sweat equity\u2019: homebuyers turn builders for \u00a310k off their mortgage"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIn exchange for 500 hours of work, the schemes can provide more than just a route to home ownershipA scheme that enables people to get thousands of pounds off their mortgage in exchange for mucking in to build their home could provide a route to ownership for those struggling to raise a big enough deposit.Work recently finished on an affordable housing development in\u00a0Greater Manchester where buyers were given a \u00a310,000 contribution towards their mortgage deposit. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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