Arwu@programming.dev to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 11 days agoAndy Burnham announces new homes scheme for first-time buyerswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down11
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkAndy Burnham announces new homes scheme for first-time buyerswww.theguardian.comArwu@programming.dev to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squareArmand1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoYeah I put money in a Help To Buy ISA for 8 years, only to find out that the government scheme only applies for first time homes under £200k… How many homes nowadays are under £200k?! Mine sure wasn’t.
minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoThat’s still likely average across the North - I mean, you can still get 2-bed terraces £50,000 - £100,000 in some areas. I don’t know what anyone south of the M62 is meant to do though.
Yeah I put money in a Help To Buy ISA for 8 years, only to find out that the government scheme only applies for first time homes under £200k… How many homes nowadays are under £200k?! Mine sure wasn’t.
That’s still likely average across the North - I mean, you can still get 2-bed terraces £50,000 - £100,000 in some areas.
I don’t know what anyone south of the M62 is meant to do though.