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The nine steps to selling up and buying your next home

1. Plan your budget

Work out working out what you can afford when moving home. You'll learn how to set a realistic budget by looking not only at the costs of buying your next home.

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2. Sort out your deposit

Learn how to calculate the deposit for your next home – including the typical 10% requirement and how your existing equity can reduce what you need to save or finance

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3. Get mortgage approval in principle (AIP)

Learn what mortgage approval in principle (AIP) is and what you need to prepare before applying for a mortgage.

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4. Engage a solicitor

Find out more about what happens during the conveyancing stage of buying a home, the legal process that takes you from paying your booking deposit to officially becoming the registered owner of your new property.

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5. Find your new home

Figure out how to assess whether a home is the right fit for you once you’ve got mortgage approval in principle and have your solicitor in place.

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6. Make an offer

This section guides you through what to think about when you’re ready to make an offer on a home and what happens in the early steps after your offer is accepted.

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7. Sign contracts

This section walks you through what happens between receiving your formal mortgage approval and officially closing the sale.

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8. Mortgage drawdown

Prepare for the final stage of the mortgage process from valuations to formal loan offers and how to drawdown your mortgage.

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9. Get the keys

You are now a home owner, learn about useful resources to help you keep on top of your new expenses.

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