{"id":59242,"date":"2017-06-29T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T06:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/should-we-use-the-london-help-to-buy-scheme-to-purchase-a-home\/"},"modified":"2017-06-29T13:15:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T06:15:34","slug":"should-we-use-the-london-help-to-buy-scheme-to-purchase-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/should-we-use-the-london-help-to-buy-scheme-to-purchase-a-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Should we use the London help-to-buy scheme to purchase a home?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nDespite 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 \u00a3100,000 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\u2019s near our friends, who are mostly in zone two in south London \u2013 from Herne Hill to Brixton to New Cross, Peckham and Brockley. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Despite having a good deposit, prices in south London seem unachievable, so we are thinking...<\/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-59242","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-fpw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1268,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/london-help-to-buy-scheme-to-launch-in-february\/","url_meta":{"origin":59242,"position":0},"title":"London help-to-buy scheme to launch in February","date":"January 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Government\u2019s equity loan programme will be extended to buyers in the capital, allowing them to borrow up to \u00a3240,000 for a new-build property A government scheme offering homebuyers in London loans of up to \u00a3240,000 to help them buy new-build properties will go live on 1 February.Help to buy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3311,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/help-to-buy-london-launches-but-expert-questions-its-reach\/","url_meta":{"origin":59242,"position":1},"title":"Help to buy London launches, but expert questions its reach","date":"February 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Scheme will open \u2018relatively few doors\u2019, critic says, as lenders line up to offer sub-2% dealsA government scheme offering homebuyers in London interest-free loans of up to \u00a3240,000 has gone live, but critics say it will open \u201crelatively few doors\u201d for priced-out households.Help to buy London is an extension\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":62996,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-it-a-bad-idea-to-buy-a-property-in-london-if-its-not-home-for-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":59242,"position":2},"title":"Is it a bad idea to buy a property in London if it's not home for life?","date":"August 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I would prefer buying to renting but fear a 2007-like crash may wipe out value and make it tough to resell Q I\u2019m 26, living in London, and on civil service salary of \u00a334,500, and after I\u2019ve completed my graduate scheme, I should be on \u00a350,000-plus in a couple\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1270,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/help-to-buy-london-what-you-need-to-know\/","url_meta":{"origin":59242,"position":3},"title":"Help to buy London: what you need to know","date":"January 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Here are the key facts about the scheme, which will offer loans to homebuyers in the capital The government has announced that help to buy London, its latest scheme to assist homebuyers in England, will launch on 1 February 2016. 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