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Why does Your First Home scheme only cover new builds... and should it be extended to older ones too?

Published by This is Money · United Kingdom 3 h ago

The replacement for Help to Buy is coming, but some aspiring homeowners might be disappointed that they cannot buy an older property using it.

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