Building Surveys for Shared Ownership and Help to Buy Homes: Defects, Valuation Gaps and Advising First-Time Buyers

Nearly one in five first-time buyers in England used either a shared ownership or Help to Buy scheme to get onto the property ladder in recent years — yet the majority of them skipped an independent building survey entirely. That oversight can cost thousands. Building surveys for shared ownership and Help to Buy homes: defects, […]