New Homes Legal Helpline, the new build divi­sion of Jack­son Bar­rett & Gass, has been appoint­ed as a Help to Buy South West Pan­el Solic­i­tor fol­low­ing a suc­cess­ful ten­der appli­ca­tion ear­li­er this month.

New Homes Legal Helpline pro­vides spe­cial­ist Con­veyanc­ing and prop­er­ty ser­vices, and was estab­lished with the sole inten­tion of pro­vid­ing a ded­i­cat­ed ser­vice to clients pur­chas­ing new build properties.

Help to Buy South West is a ​‘not for prof­it’ organ­i­sa­tion pro­vid­ing the oppor­tu­ni­ty for peo­ple to achieve the dream of buy­ing their home. They are the first point of con­tact for any­one who can­not afford to buy a home on the open mar­ket and offer a range of afford­able options includ­ing shared equi­ty and, shared ownership.

Help to Buy South West have been appoint­ed this role by the Homes and Com­mu­ni­ties Agency, the gov­ern­ment body that funds afford­able new homes, as one of its 9 Help to Buy Agents. Help to Buy South West is the Help to Buy Agent for South West England.

Inci­den­tal­ly, the Chan­cel­lor announced recent­ly that the ​“Help to Buy” equi­ty scheme will also extend­ed, until the end of the decade. He said this would finance the build­ing of 120,000 homes.

Mar­ket­ing Man­ag­er, Rick Bar­row said, ​“We are very pleased with the appoint­ment to the Help to Buy South West Legal Pan­el. This reflects not only our strong pres­ence in the South West, but also our exper­tise in deal­ing with the com­plex pur­chase options such as shared equi­ty and shared own­er­ship. We enjoy help­ing clients achieve their goals with home ownership.”

Help to Buy South West Agency Man­ag­er, Hay­ley Rossiter said, ​“We are delight­ed to accept New Homes Legal Helpline on to their pan­el of rec­om­mend­ed Solic­i­tors. Only those Solic­i­tors with exten­sive expe­ri­ence of afford­able hous­ing prod­ucts were accept­ed. Mov­ing home is a cost­ly event, Help to Buy South West aim to ensure that mem­bers of our pan­el offer val­ue for mon­ey ser­vices to all our applicants.”

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