It’s blog time again, and I really think I’m getting in to the swing of things now. It’s still not weekly, as originally planned – more like fortnightly but that’s not bad. The Harrogate housing conference ripped a hole in my schedule the other week. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!
I told you in my last blog that HomeBuy Direct is coming to an end at the end of March 2012 but is being replaced by a very similar new scheme called FirstBuy HomeBuy. It’s a slightly less generous loan of up to 20% - but nevertheless, it’s tipped to help around 10,500 first time buyers in the UK get on the property ladder.
We’ve now found out which developments have been successful in their bids to offer FirstBuy HomeBuy, and we’ve not done badly. Lancashire, Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire have been allocated around 10% of the total UK budget, which constitutes a total of 157 sites across 33 local authority areas. Major players will include Barratt Homes, Bovis Homes, Persimmon Homes, Redrow, Countryside and Bardsley Construction
As soon as all the legalities and contracts are signed and sealed – we’ll upload all the details on the site. Bear with us!
There’s loads of other stuff happening as well…new shared ownership homes in the Ribble Valley and Bury, to name a couple. You’ll find all the info on the website.
Thanks again for reading my blog, and as always, details on all HomeBuy developments in Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Yorkshire on the website.
Please feel free to drop me a line by email to: Matt@plumlife.co.uk