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House purchase

Spittyjoe
Spittyjoe Posts: 1 Newbie
in House buying, renting & selling
Dear all,
A general question if I may and wonder if anyone else has been involved in such a venture.
History: My wife and I owned a property in UK, sold it and moved here to Portugal.
Question: If we sold this property here and moved back to UK, would/could we be classed as "First-time buyers"?
Any advice appreciated
Thank you

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  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Spittyjoe wrote: »
    History: My wife and I owned a property in UK, sold it and moved here to Portugal.
    Question: If we sold this property here and moved back to UK, would/could we be classed as "First-time buyers"?

    Classed by whom? There isn't a universal definition of "first-time buyer".
  • dc197
    dc197 Posts: 812 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    In terms of not needing to first sell a house before buying, and being at the bottom of a chain, many people will consider you a FTB. But as David says, there's no firm definition.
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