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Do you live in the New Year’s Eve capital of the UK? We ranked the UK’s largest cities to reveal this year’s ultimate celebration hotspot! The UK has plenty of destinations to help you ring in the new year. Manchester is known for its lively nightlife and abundance of clubs, while Edinburgh strikes the perfect…

Hear from an expert Shared Ownership conveyancer Introducing Homes & Hills Holmes & Hills is independently recognised by The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners – two independent directories of the country’s top law firms – as a leading supplier of legal advice and representation across several areas of law. We are a firm of…

Christmas just isn’t the same without a beautiful tree dressed in baubles and bright lights. If you’re wondering how much it’ll cost to keep the lights on this festive season, we did the math so you don’t have to – and the good news is that these lovely illuminations don’t need to have a huge…

10 affordable ways to get the festive feeling this December Christmas may be the most magical time of the year but it can also be incredibly expensive – and now more than ever, we’ll all be looking for ways to celebrate the festivities without breaking the bank. From hosting a film night to making your…

Complete a short survey to enter our prize draw for one of two gift cards Can you spare under 10 minutes to complete our survey, and be in with a chance of winning a £250 gift card?  As the country’s leading affordable homeownership property portal, Share to Buy would like to find out more about buyers’ intentions as…

Nine offers available on Shared Ownership homes in London and Kent! This Black Friday, there are several incentives to help you get on the property ladder with Shared Ownership, including deposit boosts, rent-free periods, money towards legal fees and more. There’s no need to feel overwhelmed by these deals though as we at Share to…

Tips and tricks to help you save on bills this winter As energy costs continue to soar, now is the ideal time to evaluate how much energy you are consuming at home. You might not realise it, but even simple lifestyle adjustments can have a significant impact on your annual energy costs. We’ve taken a…

Get on to the property ladder in Wimbledon, Battersea, Ealing, Bromley-by-Bow or Surrey Since its inception in 2013, Help to Buy has enabled thousands to take their first step on to the property ladder, but with the Help to Buy equity loan recently closing to new applicants, many first time buyers are finding that owning…

Help to Buy applications closed on October 31st The Help to Buy equity loan scheme officially closed to new applications at 6pm on Monday 31st October, 2022. If you’re a homebuyer eligible for the equity loan, and you submitted your application before the cut off, your homebuilder must finish building your home by Saturday 31st…

One and two bedroom Shared Ownership apartments available in Lambeth Leading housing association Notting Hill Genesis is bringing new homes for first time buyers to Brixton with a boutique collection of Shared Ownership one and two bedroom modern, open-plan apartments, launching this month. With just nine homes available, this new development, NINE Brixton, will offer…

Spooky interior design inspiration for Halloween Halloween is just around the corner and so comes the dilemma of whether or not to decorate your home. It would seem that if it’s not for Christmas then the majority of us just aren’t keen on purchasing decorative pieces that we’ll only use one day out of the…

Specialist Shared Ownership broker helps break down the mortgage product offering Introducing Censeo Financial Censeo Financial are an award-winning mortgage broker specialising in Shared Ownership and affordable homeownership. Having been trading for over 16 years, we work with many housing associations, councils and developers and have helped thousands of first time buyers get onto the…

Is your home town or city the creepy capital of the world? We analysed more than 150 horror movie locations to find out!  From Voldemort to Sweeney Todd, we looked at where the world’s favourite and most terrifying horror movie villains do their bidding! If you live in New York, Los Angeles or London, you’re…

How do mortgages work on a Help to Buy home? If you’re a first time buyer thinking about taking the plunge and buying a property, you’ll have probably realised that there’s a lot to learn when it comes to mortgages. We at Dwell Leeds (an estate agent based in Leeds) have taken a look at…

Thousands of first time buyers attend Share to Buy’s property exhibition On Saturday 8th October 2022, Share to Buy welcomed over 3,120 first time buyers to the sixteenth live London Home Show event at the QEII Centre in Westminster. The free event is the capital’s biggest exhibition for first time buyers, and offered attendees the…

Shared Ownership and Help to Buy homes available in Kingston upon Thames and Bromley-by-Bow “Guinness Homes is delighted to be at Share to Buy’s London Home Show again this year and to showcase two very special developments. Signal Park in Tolworth is a rare opportunity to buy Shared Ownership in the Royal Borough of Kingston-Upon-Thames.…

Learn about Shared Ownership at Horlicks Quarter in Slough On Tuesday 4th October 2022, Share to Buy’s Jade Turnstill was joined by Hope Bailey and Jo Fenn from Sovereign, and Fatima Khan from Firstxtra Financial Services for a live home-buying webinar. The session delved into exclusive information about the newly developed Horlicks Quarter, as well…

Shared Ownership apartments available in Hammersmith and Fulham, Tower Hamlets and Hounslow Legal & General Affordable Homes (LGAH) is one of the specialist housing arms of Legal & General Capital and aiming to become the top private provider of social and affordable housing in the UK. With a wide range of homes across London available…

Pride in every detail – first time home buying with FABRICA Buying your first home can be a stressful process, particularly when trying find the right balance between location, size, specification and cost, but you don’t need to compromise when buying with FABRICA. From apartments of striking urban architecture to houses with a more rural…