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Getting started
Rules checked October 2026
Guide · 2 min read · 7 sources
How buying works
From register to completion: the stages, who does what and what is changing.
Buyers
Guides for buyers.
What you need to know to buy a home in England, written in plain English with every rule traced to its official source and the date we last checked it.
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Getting started
- Read the guide
Guide · 2 min read · 7 sources
How buying works
From register to completion: the stages, who does what and what is changing.
Find out moreService · 1 min read
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Money and mortgages
Find out more
Read the guideGuide · 3 min read · 12 sources
First-time buyers
Stamp duty relief, the Lifetime ISA and the schemes that can help you get on the ladder.
Read the guideGuide · 3 min read · 8 sources
Mortgages explained
Rate types, how lenders decide and how to find an authorised adviser.
Checks and paperwork
Read the guideGuide · 3 min read · 14 sources
Surveys and searches
Valuation versus survey, the three RICS levels, the searches and the checks you can make yourself.
Read the guideGuide · 3 min read · 11 sources
Leasehold and freehold
What leasehold means, what to check, and which reforms are law and which are only plans.
Offers to moving day
Read the guideGuide · 2 min read · 6 sources
Offers and completion
Making an offer, exchange of contracts, completion day and what happens afterwards.
Read the guideGuide · 1 min read · 4 sources
Moving-home checklist
What to arrange before exchange, on completion day and in the first weeks.
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- Buying costs, Artful Homes on Unsplash (opens in a new tab)
- How buying works, Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash (opens in a new tab)
- First-time buyers, Jakub Żerdzicki on Unsplash (opens in a new tab)
- Mortgages explained, Jakub Żerdzicki on Unsplash (opens in a new tab)
- Surveys and searches, Tierra Mallorca on Unsplash (opens in a new tab)
- Leasehold and freehold, Samuel Ryde on Unsplash (opens in a new tab)
- Offers and completion, dlxmedia.hu on Unsplash (opens in a new tab)
- Moving-home checklist, Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash (opens in a new tab)
- Register your search, Danilo Rios on Unsplash (opens in a new tab)
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