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JUNE/JULY 2026 / ISSUE 119 / FIRSTTIMEBUYERMAG.CO.UK
What’s in…
99 The best FTB properties
98 Ugonna has just bought her rst home using Shared Ownership with L&G, buying a 35% share of a three bedroom apartment in east London.
HOMEPAGE
and fun nds to help you create a feel-good garden to enjoy the warm days of summer! 12 At home with: James Nightingall James is the founder of HomeFinder AI, a dedicated online website to help nd your dream home powered by arti cial intelligence. He talks to Lynda Clark about his rst home, how he started his business and gives some excellent advice for rst time buyers. 14 House Hunter We go on the hunt with Michael Costen and Yuri Spendlove
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18 The View: JB and Chloe Gill
22 Shared Ownership – The Long Game Shared Ownership is an affordable and very popular route for getting on to the property ladder. Debbie Clark looks at the ndings of some recent research from Leeds Building Society suggesting that Shared Ownership also has long-term advantages over renting and she considers the bene ts of buying using this scheme.
JB is well known as a member of boy band JLS and is now a TV presenter and radio host. Together with his wife Chloe, who is a professional dancer and content creator, he lives on a smallholding in Kent. They tell Lynda Clark about their careers, life on the farm and have some great advice for rst time buyers.
8 FTB Loves... Think of the delicious ice cream colours of raspberry ripple to bring some soft creamy neutrals mixed with richer berry
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who are looking to buy a one bedroom home in south east London. 16 Developer’s doctor Jen Anson, Head of Sales at Pocket Living, answers this issue’s 16
tones to add some summer sparkle to your home. 10 Living Choose colourful accessories and bright
property question.
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