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Help to Buy ISA and/or Lifetime ISA - Help!
Dahlias_decisions
Posts: 1 Newbie
I'll start and be honest that I have no idea what I'm doing 
I opened a Help to Buy ISA just before the cut off a few years ago and have a minimal amount saved. Life has unfortuantly got in the way and only in the past year have I been able to start regularly saving again, which I'm very grateful for. I've kept this in a separate, standard, savings account as I wasn't sure if I'd need access but I don't at the moment.
I now have a bulk sum and I want to know if I can make a bulk payment to my help to buy ISA? When I first took it out I think I remember it being only £200 a month to be deposited, is this still correct please? If so, do I have any other options?
I've now roughly 8k to be put away for a house deposit. I'm not sure when I'll be able to buy for the foreseeable as I live in the South and think it's going to be highly unlikely I'll be able to unless I move away from my home town, which I'm considering in the next year or so but feels a big move. Any advice for someone who wishes they knew more about finance/savings etc? Thank you.
I opened a Help to Buy ISA just before the cut off a few years ago and have a minimal amount saved. Life has unfortuantly got in the way and only in the past year have I been able to start regularly saving again, which I'm very grateful for. I've kept this in a separate, standard, savings account as I wasn't sure if I'd need access but I don't at the moment.
I now have a bulk sum and I want to know if I can make a bulk payment to my help to buy ISA? When I first took it out I think I remember it being only £200 a month to be deposited, is this still correct please? If so, do I have any other options?
I've now roughly 8k to be put away for a house deposit. I'm not sure when I'll be able to buy for the foreseeable as I live in the South and think it's going to be highly unlikely I'll be able to unless I move away from my home town, which I'm considering in the next year or so but feels a big move. Any advice for someone who wishes they knew more about finance/savings etc? Thank you.
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