For many, the promise of getting a foot on the property ladder has turned into a nightmare.

Shared ownership schemes risk trapping first-time buyers in increasingly unaffordable and unsellable properties, a parliamentary audit has warned.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two people moving into a shared ownership property First-time buyers using the government-backed shared ownership scheme may find ...

Shared ownership schemes are complex and not always fully understood – report - Weaknesses in information mean that ...

FAMILIES are being “caught out” by hidden fees under shared ownership schemes, the UK’s spending watchdog has warned. The government-backed schemes are popular among first-time ...

The National Audit Office (NAO) has warned that many residents who jump into shared ownership do not fully understand the “longer-term financial risks”, particularly concerning service charges.

The UK government has announced a shakeup of the shared ownership scheme in England, in a drive to help more households buy their own homes. Plans unveiled on Tuesday will see more first-time buyers ...

Shared ownership is not always fully understood by those who take it up, and the government lacks the data to monitor it, a ...

Home to British Tennis and an impressive catwalk of celebrities, the leafy South-West London Borough of Merton has seen property prices rise by 15% in the last three years. For first time buyers ...

Ilan Wiesel has received funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC), the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) and nongovernment organisations concerned with housing and ...