Homes & Property | Buying & Mortgages

Now the price really is right

There are many new ways of buying a first home. David Spittles speaks to the young Londoners who have found the scheme that suits them
26 February 2016
Dan Griffiths found the developers of Northpoint, N1, were happy to reduce the asking price on the one-bedroom flat he chose by 20 per cent

'Stratford, Hackney, Crystal Palace and Streatham are still the least expensive areas'

Silkworks
Amandeep Holti feels she has the best of both worlds and a smart home

NEGOTIATED WITH THE DEVELOPER
‘Islington is where I wanted to live’

Dan Griffiths

RENT-TO-BUY
‘It’s ideal...I don’t have to commit to buying’

Amandeep Holti
Publicist Jodie Banaszkiewicz bought a 30 per cent share in a flat priced at £230,000 in Hackney

PART-BUY, PART-RENT
‘I assumed key workers had priority’

Jodie Banaszkiewicz

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

By Jane Barry
EQUITY LOANS
EQUITY LOANS ON PRIVATE MARKET HOMES
MyChoice HomeBuy:
OwnHome:
EQUITY LOANS ON NEW-BUILD HOMES
HomeBuy Direct:
SHARED OWNERSHIP
NewBuild HomeBuy:
Social HomeBuy:
RENT-TO-BUY

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