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Interiors spy: design tips for young professionals

Interior designer Sarah Ward reveals her tricks on how young professionals can style their brand new home.

  • Interiors spy: design tips for eco-friendly buyers

    November 3, 2015

    Fancy a 'green' home? Interior designer Sarah Ward shares her top tips on how to create an eco-friendly new-build home à la Brad Pitt.

  • Interiors spy: design tips for student buyers

    October 6, 2015

    Interior designer Sarah Ward offers young buyers her top style tips for new-build homes.

  • Interiors spy: design tips for new build homes in the city

    September 3, 2015

    Interior designer Sarah Ward reveals how to transform new build homes in the city.

  • Development spotlight: Greenwich Millennium Village by Countryside Properties

    August 17, 2015

    Countryside Properties' new waterside community, Greenwich Millennium Village, includes a school, eco park and yacht club, says Cheryl Markosky.

  • Interiors spy: design tips for bachelor pads

    August 4, 2015

    Interior designer Sarah Ward explains how to get the perfect balance of entertaining space and home comfort in a bachelor pad.

  • An audience with Comer Homes: homes for young professionals

    August 3, 2015

    Developer Comer Homes, covering southern England, provides property that appeals to young professionals wanting period properties with modern living.

  • Development spotlight: Kidbrooke Village, near Blackheath

    July 29, 2015

    A new train station and the kind of quality you’d find in the heart of the capital. Cheryl Markosky admires Kidbrooke Village in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

  • An audience with a developer: Countryside Properties

    July 20, 2015

    Developer Countryside Properties explains how it is helping first-time buyers get on the property ladder.

  • Development spotlight: The Joinery in Islington and Archway, London by Family Mosaic

    July 13, 2015

    A former joinery and timber yard in Islington and Archway has been transformed into funky warehouse-style apartments by Family Mosaic, finds Cheryl Markosky.

  • Interiors spy: design tips for coastal homes

    July 7, 2015

    Interior designer Sarah Ward offers inspiration for a newly-built home on the coast.

  • An audience with Dandara: Properties perfect for families climbing the property ladder

    July 6, 2015

    Developer Dandara explains what’s best for families as they look to buy their second home and take a big step up the property ladder.

  • Development spotlight: new homes suited to young families at Wye Dene, High Wycombe

    June 29, 2015

    Top-rated schools nearby and a commute time of less than 30 minutes to London, these new homes at Wye Dene in High Wycombe will appeal to a range of buyers, finds Cheryl Markosky.

  • An audience with Environ Communities: new homes ideal for downsizing

    June 22, 2015

    Housebuilder Environ Communities offers a secure way for those who are considering downsizing to come and go without worrying about their new homes.

  • Development Spotlight: London Square Putney

    June 15, 2015

    Smart schools, oversized terraces with views of London’s skyscape and a quick hop to Waterloo. Cheryl Markosky appreciates one of Putney’s best new housing developments.

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What is the Help to Buy equity loan?

It's a loan that's linked to the rise and fall in the value of your home. If you take a 20% equity loan for example, the amount you owe will always represent 20% of the property's value.

You won't be charged loan fees on the equity loan for the first five years of owning your home.

After five years you will be required to pay an interest fee of 1.75% of the amount of your Help to Buy shared equity loan at the time you purchased your property, rising each year after that by the increase (if any) in the Retail Prices Index (RPI) plus 1%.

The loan itself is repayable after 25 years or on the sale of the property if earlier.

Government information

Help to Buy in England and London

https://www.helptobuy.gov.uk/equity-loan/equity-loans/

Help to Buy in Scotland

https://www.mygov.scot/help-to-buy/

Help to Buy in Wales

http://helptobuywales.co.uk/