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Help to Buy?

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  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    thedalmeny wrote: »

    You'll find most builders like you to use their broker because the broker will often ring the builder and confirm to them directly your eligibility for Help To Buy, if anything it can often work in your favor because a builder will be informed by a third party on your ability to proceed. In my experience this gave you more negotiating power, indicates to the builder you're a serious buyer and not purely window shopping.

    Nothing to do with reciprocity?
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    I just love the fact that people are happy they got some grass with their purchase!

    I know it's the way things work, but it just amuses me. It's a bit like celebrating you got some tyres with your new car purchase!

    Surely tyres are more akin to tiles on the roof.

    Turf is more like floormats.

    At £1.50 a Sq.M.retail a nice give away.
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • thedalmeny
    thedalmeny Posts: 235 Forumite
    Nothing to do with reciprocity?

    Nothing is paid from the broker i used to the builder, i also believe Kingstreet (a broker himself) also confirmed this is often the case.
  • VortexSteve
    VortexSteve Posts: 77 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Most developers don't take a kick back from suppliers like brokers or solicitors. The adviser should be there to help the client, but for the developer it's often a case of at least having confidence that they know the system and can get things through quickly whilst also having a working relationship with people at the company.
  • I just love the fact that people are happy they got some grass with their purchase!

    I know it's the way things work, but it just amuses me. It's a bit like celebrating you got some tyres with your new car purchase!

    I just love the fact that this post is made by someone who bought half a house.
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