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  • Friday, 5 March, 2021
    First-time buyers
    Be a guest on Money Clinic podcast

    We’d like to speak to readers preparing to be the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’

  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    LombardBryce Elder
    Investors already have the measure of another UK mortgage guarantee scheme

    Budget plan seen feeding house price inflation; BT remains a work in progress as Du Plessis bows out

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    Isas
    Money Clinic podcast: Using Isas to invest or buy a property

    Tax-free accounts have lots of rules, but could reap big rewards

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Move over Help to Buy — now it’s help yourself to your pension

    Allowing first-time buyers to raid their retirement pots won’t solve the affordability problem for long

  • Tuesday, 11 August, 2020
    Bellway PLC
    Bellway leans more on Help to Buy scheme for recent home sales

    Fears are growing about potential hit to housebuilding sector when current support ends in April

  • Tuesday, 28 July, 2020
    UK government draws up extension to Help to Buy scheme

    Ministers asked to stretch December deadline after housing market hit by virus lockdown

  • Monday, 6 July, 2020
    Barratt Developments PLC
    Housebuilder Barratt calls for Help to Buy extension

    UK government scheme set to be limited to first-time buyers from next April and to end in 2023

  • Sunday, 12 April, 2020
    Construction sector
    Building site closures undermine key housing targets

    Lockdown threatens UK’s push to tackle national housing shortage

  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
    Help to Buy has failed to make homes more affordable

    Public accounts committee says many property buyers did not need support to buy a home

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  • Friday, 16 August, 2019
    ExplainerChart that Tells a Story
    How inflation is costing you more than you think

    Small difference between RPI and CPI adds up to an awful lot over time

  • Sunday, 16 June, 2019
    Housebuilder blames Help To Buy for market weakness

    Taylor Wimpey chief says government scheme acted as ‘accelerant’ for house price growth

  • Friday, 14 June, 2019
    Inside LondonNeil Collins
    Woodford affair has exposed the funds liquidity illusion

    Woes compounded by difficulty of establishing value of underlying investments

  • Thursday, 13 June, 2019
    FT AlphavilleThomas Hale
    Help (those who were already able) to buy

    The National Audit Office analyses the controversial scheme.

  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2019
    Help to Buy poses big ‘market risk’ for government

    Audit office warns downturn in property values will hit loan book

  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2019
    Personal Finance
    Door shuts on Help to Buy Isa in six months

    Replacement Lisa product thin on the ground and carries lower interest rate

  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2019
    Q&AYour Questions
    Should I help my children to repay some of their Help to Buy loan?

    I’m concerned what might happen to property prices

  • Friday, 1 March, 2019
    Merryn Somerset Webb
    Help to Buy is building a legacy of misery

    This is a state-sponsored taxpayer exploitation machine — and bad for buyers too

  • Monday, 25 February, 2019
    Persimmon PLC
    Persimmon shares hit by fears over Help to Buy

    Housebuilder to announce full-year profits of £1bn after benefiting from scheme

  • Friday, 22 February, 2019
    Mortgages
    Number of first-time buyers in UK hits 12-year high

    Mortgage lending data show the impact of Help to Buy and the Bank of Mum and Dad

  • Friday, 1 February, 2019
    Mortgages
    Number of renters stalls as first-time buyers climb on ladder

    English Housing Survey shows impact of Help to Buy and the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’

  • Friday, 14 December, 2018
    Inside LondonNeil Collins
    Buyers of overpriced UK homes left in the lurch

    People are effectively being forced to gamble on a resumption of house price inflation

  • Friday, 30 November, 2018
    UK housebuilding
    Help to Buy surges to 40% of new-build homes sales

    Figures show housing market’s dependence on government scheme

  • Friday, 30 November, 2018
    Property sector
    Government spending on house prices
  • Wednesday, 7 November, 2018
    Redrow PLC
    Redrow warns of depressed London market as chairman exits

    Founder and chairman Steve Morgan will step down next year

  • Monday, 29 October, 2018
    Curtain comes down on Help to Buy

    Flagship homeowner scheme — criticised for forcing up property prices — to end in 2023

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