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I’m wondering whether I should still pay the mortgage and other bills if I move in with my partner
Q My sister and I are first-time buyers and like many others we want to take advantage of the stamp duty holiday. Neither my sister or I can afford to buy on our own. I’m currently in a long-term relationship and when my partner and I get married it is likely that I will move into his house. This will probably happen in the next few years. I don’t intend to have any ownership on his property so my contribution would be towards bills.
A property with my sister would be an investment for myself particularly if things do not work out with my partner. This property would be for us to live in with a 50/50 split. However, if/when I move out, should I still pay the mortgage? It didn’t make sense for me to pay a mortgage for a property that I’m not living in. Having said that I won’t be paying towards the mortgage at my partner’s place. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Zoopla report suggests first fall in five years as Covid crisis sees lenders pull low-deposit mortgages
The share of homes purchased by first-time buyers in the UK looks likely to drop for the first time in five years, as major banks pull low-deposit mortgages off the market in response to the Covid-19 crisis.
Forecasts released by property portal Zoopla show that, despite a surge in demand earlier this year, first-time buyers will make up around 33.9% of home purchases in the UK for 2020, down from a 10-year high of 34.9% in 2019.
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The planners insisted on a traditional house that sat politely with its neighbours on this tree-lined street in a conservation area of north London. But the design-minded owners of this expansive new-build, Afsaneh and Ebbi Farsian, had more ambitious ideas. They envisaged a modern, open-plan family home basking in natural light. The result? Not a tentative fudge of new and old, but a house that confounds expectations: traditional on the outside, and contemporary inside.
The eight-bedroom home, which was designed and built by Finkernagel Ross, an architectural and interior design company, replaced a lacklustre 19th-century building.
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