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More support to boost house building momentum

Measures announced as part of the Spring Statement to build the homes the country needs.

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External systems notice

Our external systems will be offline from 5pm today.

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Over 350,000 people benefit from support to buy their own home

Help to Buy schemes also help more than 300,000 first time buyers onto the housing ladder.

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Government renews focus on housing with Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Government confirms new name for department as part of the ministerial reshuffle.

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HCA response to Dispatches programme

Statements to address misunderstandings about the role of the HCA and the remit of the regulation committee.

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A quicker process for removing Form A restrictions

Business customers can remove default Form A restrictions faster online. They protect multiple owners’ interests in a property but are not always required.

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£10 billion new funding for Help to Buy Equity Loan

New funding means that the Help to Buy Equity Loan could help around 135,000 more people to buy homes by 2021.

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Help to Buy supports over 320,000 people in buying their own home

The schemes have also helped more than 275,000 first time buyers achieve their dream of owning a home.

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Portal update: Request Historic Copies (HC1) online

Business customers can now request historic copies of title registers and title plans online.

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Some of our services are temporarily unavailable

Some of our services are temporarily unavailable while we address some technical difficulties.

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More Application Enquiry updates for Business e services customers

We are improving the Contact Us form in Application Enquiry.

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Technical difficulties with our phone lines

If you need to contact us please use the contact form.

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Application enquiry updates for Business e services customers

We have improved the Application Enquiry service which business customers use to check details of any application.

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Help to Buy equity loan

Government remains committed to the Help to Buy equity loan scheme to 2021

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Testing wider rejection for first registrations

From 14 August, we will test wider rejection criteria for applications to create new freehold or leasehold titles (first registrations).

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New practice guide 78: overseas companies and limited liability partnerships

Our new practice guide will help our customers meet the registration requirements for transactions involving overseas companies and overseas limited liability partnerships.

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Geovation funds new business ideas

Start-up companies and entrepreneurs with pioneering ideas are invited to apply for grant funding of up £20,000, by Thursday 17 August 2017.

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Geovation funds new business ideas

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Start-up companies and entrepreneurs with pioneering ideas are invited to apply for grant funding of up £20,000, by Thursday 17 August 2017.

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Update on rehousing former Grenfell residents

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Update on the housing commitment to residents who lived in Grenfell Tower and Grenfell Walk.

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Access our online services through a supported web browser

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On 30 July we are upgrading the security settings for our online services.

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How we ensure an 'address for service' is valid

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We will write to an applicant if an 'address for service' they supply does not match our address data.

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Cladding sample testing update

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The number of high rise buildings which have failed a combustibility test is now 60 across 25 local authority areas.

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Over a quarter of a million new homeowners thanks to Help to Buy

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Over 285,000 homeowners, including 240,000 first time buyers, have been supported by the government's Help to Buy schemes.

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HCA ready to provide support or advice on testing ACM cladding

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The Homes and Communities Agency stands ready to provide support or advice on Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding testing.

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Communities Secretary statement: safety checks following the Grenfell Tower fire

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Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has given the following statement regarding safety checks following the Grenfell Tower fire.

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Send and receive bigger files with our online services

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Business customers that use our online services can now send us 20MB files online.

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New controls for managing email correspondence

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Organisations that use our portal will have more control over how they manage the email correspondence we send, from 3 April.

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Help to Buy used by over a million

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More than 259,000 people have already bought a home using one of the government’s flagship Help to Buy schemes, and over 868,000 have opened a Help to buy: ISA.

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Cancelled application results will be returned online

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We will return cancelled application results to a customer’s portal account, even if they sent us the application through the post.

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New options for lodging evidence online will save customers time

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Customers can be more specific about the type of evidence they are lodging when they lodge it online to support a land registration application.

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Business customers can withdraw official searches online

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Our portal update enables customers to withdraw official searches online.

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Help to Buy helps over 220,000 people buy a new home

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Over 180,000 supported by the schemes have been first time buyers.

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Reply to more requisitions online

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Business customers can now reply to requisitions online, even if they sent us the application through the post.

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Our customer support model is changing

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The day-to-day experience of how business customers interact with us is changing.

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Help to Buy helps over 185,000 people buy a new home

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The Help to Buy: ISA has helped more than 650,000 save towards their own home.

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Social housing investor conference 2016

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Presentations from Julian Ashby, Fiona MacGregor and Jonathan Walters.

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Help to Buy: ISAs opened by over half a million

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Over 500,000 people have opened Help to Buy: ISAs, which offer government bonuses of up to £3000, as they save towards buying a home.

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Landmark Housing and Planning Bill receives Royal Assent

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New measures to help more people buy their own home and get houses built faster become law.

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Help to Buy: helping 150,000 own their own home

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Over 150,000 people have achieved their aspiration of home ownership thanks to the government’s flagship housing scheme Help to Buy.

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Health and well being to be at the heart of Northstowe

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The NHS England’s Healthy New Towns initiative has won support to develop plans for health to be ‘designed in’ to Northstowe from the beginning.

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Homebuyers save hundreds of millions from stamp duty reform

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Homebuyers have saved £657 million on stamp duty since the tax was reformed.

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Housing design seminar: Sheffield 3 February 2016

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Presentations from the Homes and Communities Agency’s housing design seminar held at the University of Sheffield, at 3 February 2016

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Help to Buy: ISAs opened every 30 seconds across UK

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250,000 first time buyers have opened a Help to Buy: ISA since launch.

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Housing design seminar: Manchester 19 January 2016

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Presentations from the Homes and Communities Agency’s housing design seminar held at the University of Manchester, at 19 January 2016.

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Help to Buy: helping 130,000 own their own home

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Help to Buy has helped over 130,000 people achieve their aspiration of buying their own home since it was launched, latest figures reveal.

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