Home Help and Advice

Help and Advice

Since 1961, we’ve been helping people to find and buy their dream home. Whether you’re a first-time buyer looking to get on the ladder, or you’re looking to find your next home, we're on hand to help make your next move as easy as possible.

Why a new build home is a good move

There's a lot to think about when buying your first home. You want the right number of bedrooms at the right price in the right area. But what about new build vs. second hand homes? Below are some reasons why new should be the only choice you make.

Fairview Empowers Home Buyers to Control Their Purchase

Fairview has always prided itself on helping buyers with incentives such as a deposit top or mortgage contributions, but the first-time buyer developer of choice is now giving its buyers the choice to pick their own incentive, to make the experience more rewarding and memorable.

Brentwood Acres Testimonial: How Fairview's Deposit helped us

Having both previously been living with their parents in order to save as much as possible, they were able to get onto the property ladder thanks to their savvy saving and Fairview’s Deposit Top Up incentive.

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Fairview & Experian To Help Renters Onto Property Ladder

Amidst reports that average London rental prices could hit an all-time high of £2,700 per month next year, Fairview New Homes has partnered with Experian to host an educational event to help inform buyers on how they can escape sky-high rental costs and get on to the property ladder.

Epping Gate Testimonial: Buying new builds faster with Save to Buy

In May of this year, Executive Assistant, Eleonora and her partner Stan, a Letting Agent, couldn’t see themselves owning their first home for another three years, until they came across Fairview New Homes’ game-changing Save to Buy scheme on TikTok.

Summer Savings: Fairview Homes Eases Mortgage Payments

Summer Savings: Fairview New Homes Eases Mortgage Payments Amid Record High Interest Rates

Epping Gate Testimonial: Saving on Mortgage and Solicitors Fees

Jenny, Head of Performance and Wellbeing at West Ham United Women and her wife Emily, Director of Programme at London Youth Rowing, purchased their two-bedroom home at Epping Gate for £389,000 in Spring this year (2023), and building a strong credit score to give them access to Deposit Unlock, couldn’t have been more crucial

Why now is a good time to buy

Why now is a good time to buy:
Drivers of a dynamic property market.

How to Build a Good Credit Score

If you don’t know what your credit score is, or how to build a good one to help unlock your house buying potential, then the following information will help unpick the puzzle.

Epping Gate Testimonial: New home with Deposit Unlock scheme

Junakie, a 42-year old Public Policy Consultant, purchased her one-bedroom flat at Epping Gate for £340,800 using the Deposit Unlock Scheme.

Kingston East Testimonial: Affordable new builds with Help to Buy

Jan, a 38-year-old NHS worker purchased a ground floor three-bed Duplex with a terrace and balcony in Kingston East, New Malden, for £575,000, and completed in May 2022. Jan used the Help to Buy scheme meaning he and his partnered only paid 5% Deposit of £28,700, and received a 40% equity loan from the Government.

Key milestones to buying a house

If you’re already thinking about starting your journey of becoming a homeowner, or simply want to know what the process involves, here’s a step-by-step guide of the key milestones to be aware of and prepare for.