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Homeowners will be protected from cowboy builders through a new trusted trader scheme and a payment system that offers more safeguards, the government has announced.

Businesses that sign up to the new

A family springboard mortgage can let a first-time buyer purchase a home with little or no deposit by using a family member’s savings as security instead.

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Family springboard mortgages: at a glance You may be able to buy a house with little or no deposit. Instead, a f...

Location may be the buzzword when it comes to house-hunting, yet looking just one postcode over could cut the cost of your purchase by up to 47%.

This is according to new research from Lloyds which shows that go...

Peter Potter had lived for decades in his three-bedroom family home in Woodford, east London, complete with a swimming pool in the south-facing garden.

But at the age of 78, after health issues left him in a wheelchair, he made the difficult decision to move from the home where he raised his children.

Keen to find a place close by where he could grow older...